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Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

Posted Nov 13, 07 3:28 AM CST in Arts & Living,  US 

(Newser) – The Finnish teenager who killed eight people and committed suicide last week chatted online with a Philadelphia area youth who plotted a Columbine-style assault at a suburban school. Dillon Cossey, 14, told his attorney that the Finnish youth "gave no indication he was going to do anything violent" and Cossey insisted he "offered nothing in the way of encouragement."

Authorities are hoping the information may offer some insight into the Finnish teen's conduct. Both boys were avid players of the video game "Hitman," and shared an obsession with the students responsible for the Columbine high school massacre. Cossey, who was arrested last month after police confiscated a stockpile of weapons in his bedroom, is awaiting a hearing to determine a treatment program.

Source Philadelphia Inquirer

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