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Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

Massacre gunman chatted online with Philly attack plotter

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2007 3:28 AM CST

(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... Read full story »

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