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Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

Posted Nov 7, 07 4:50 PM CST in Crime & Courts,  World 

(Newser) – The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the school hallways … shooting through the doors," one witness told Reuters.

"It felt unreal, a pupil I have taught myself was running towards me, screaming, a pistol in his hand," the teacher said. The shooter is thought to have posted foreshadowing videos on YouTube, including "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007." He also wrote on the site, "I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race."

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Members of Finland's cabinet from left, Minister of Justice Tuija Brax, Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund, Finland's Minister of Education Sari Sarkomaa, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and Minister...   (Associated Press)
This is a screen captured image taken from internet website YouTube of a teenage gunman, which features in a video posted by a man going by the username of Sturmgeist89, who is believed to be responsible...   (Associated Press)
This is a screen captured image taken from internet website YouTube of a teenage gunman, which features in a video posted by a man going by the username of Sturmgeist89, who is believed to be responsible...   (Associated Press)
This is an screen captured image taken from YouTube . An 18-year-old man opened fire at a high school in southern Finland on Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007, leaving at least 9 people dead, including himself....   (Associated Press)
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