Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

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." (More Finland stories.)