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Ten students were killed in a school shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland on September 23, 2008. The suspected shooter, Matti Juhani Saari, uploaded threatening videos to YouTube under the user name Wumpscut86 just hours before the killings.WELT Online: Gunman opens fire in Finnish school, 9 dead (September 23, 2008) After the shooting rampage, the gunman was taken to the hospital where he later died. He shot himself in the head.AFP: Gunman Dies After Killing 10...(September 23, 2008)
Suspected shooter Matti Juhani Saari uploaded a video on YouTube just hours before the shooting where he says, "You will die next" and shoots towards the camera. The day prior to the shooting, police questioned Saari about his YouTube account, which features four other videos of Saari demonstrating his Walther P22 pistol.Antville: Wumpscut86 youtube profile screenshot full ! They found that he had a permit, so there were no grounds for arrest. Saari allegedly shot ten people the next day, then himself.Sky News Video: Nine Dead In Shooting At Finnish School ...YouTube -
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- Date of shooting: September 23, 2008
- Vocational college in Kauhajoki, Finland
- Shooting began around 11: 00 a.m.WELT Online: Gunman opens fire in Finnish school, 9 dead (September 23, 2008)
- Suspected shooter: Matti Juhani Saari
- Reportedly began shooting in a classroom where students were taking a testEvening Standard: Finland Gunman Murders 10 of his Fellow Students (September 23, 2008)
- Police said Saari set fire to areas in the college
- Shooting rampage lasted nearly two hoursEvening Standard: Finland Gunman Murders 10 of his Fellow Students (September 23, 2008)
- Death toll: 10 students and the shooter diedAFP: Gunman Dies After Killing 10...(September 23, 2008)
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Globe and Mail: Police Investigated Saari's Violent Youtube Page
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AFP: Finns ask if police might have prevented school massacre
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The Independent: Police questioned student day before massacre
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Sky News Video: Nine Dead In Shooting At Finnish School ...YouTube (Time: 0:07)
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Times Online: Finnish Gunman Matti Saari Burn Bodies...
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Evening Standard: Finland Gunman Murders 10 of his Fellow Students
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WELT Online: Gunman opens fire in Finnish school, 9 dead
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