In the history of Finland, there have been two school shootings. Both shootings have been perpetrated by young men and in both instances, the school shootings have been foreshadowed by threatening YouTube videos.BBC: Profile: Finnish school suspect (September 23, 2008)
Matti Juhani Saari killed ten students in a school shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland on September 23, 2008.AFP: Gunman Dies After Killing 10...(September 23, 2008) Saari uploaded a threatening video on YouTube under the user name Wumpscut86 just hours before the attack.Sky News Video: Nine Dead In Shooting At Finnish School ...YouTube
18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen fired shots at Jokela High School in Finland, killing seven students and a teacher on November 7, 2007. Auvinen posted a video on YouTube, pre-empting the school shooting hours before the incident.Guardian Unlimited: 'Revolution. Smash everything'...(with Video) (November 8, 2007)
Matti Juhani Saari
Pekka-Eric Auvinen
Text from Auvinen's Manifesto
"Attack Information:"
"*Event: Jokela High School Massacre."
"*Targets: Jokelan Lukio (High School Of Jokela), students and faculty, society, humanity, human race."
"*Date: 11/7/2007."
"*Attack Type: Mass murder, political terrorism (altough I choosed the school as target, my motives for the attack are political and much much deeper and therefore I don't want this to be called only as school shooting)."
"*Location: Jokela, Tuusula, Finland."
"*Perpetrator's name: Pekka-Eric Auvinen (aka NaturalSelector89, Natural Selector, Sturmgeist89 and Sturmgeist). I also use pseydonym Eric von Auffoin internationally."
"*Weapons: Semi-automatic .22 Sig Sauer Mosquito pistol."Metro.co.uk: Alleged School Killer...
