Ground Report

Police said a teenager killed eight people before turning the gun before himself on Wednesday at Jokela high school in Tuunsula, some 50km north of the capital, Helsinki, Finland. The teenager who killed eight people in a high school shooting was a social outcast who was bullied in school but appears to have picked his victims randomly, a senior police official said. “You can say that the motive is still open. But the explanation can be found mainly in his web writings and his social behavior”, Detective Superintendent Tero Haapala told reporters. Investigators believe the killer, identified as 18-year old Pekka Eric Auvinen, revealed plans for the attack in posting on YouTube in which he urges revolution and grins after taking target practice. Police initially said the victims were seven students and the school Principle, but Haapala said the school nurse was also among the killed.