Finnish Cops Questioned Shooter Yesterday

YouTube videos show Saari firing at range
By Ambreen Ali,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 23, 2008 1:29 PM CDT
Finnish Cops Questioned Shooter Yesterday
Police stand guard outside the Kauhajoki vocational high school after the shooting.   (AP Photo)

Finnish police yesterday arrested—and subsequently released—the 20-year-old they say killed 11 people, including himself, during a school shooting spree this morning, reports the Daily Telegraph. Authorities acted after finding a YouTube video of Matti Juhani Saari firing a handgun at a shooting range, and this posted message: "Whole life is war and whole life is pain. And you will fight alone in your personal war." (More Finland school massacre stories.)

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