8 dead in Finland school shooting

[Siedler]

I never thought something like this could happen here... 

Fatal shooting at Finnish school
Students were taken to a hastily organised crisis centre
At least eight people have been killed and several others injured in a shooting at a school in southern Finland, police have said.
The incident took place in Tuusula, some 50km (30 miles) north of the capital Helsinki.
Finnish media reported that the shots had been fired by an 18-year-old man at the Jokela secondary school.
Finnish police say the gunman shot himself and is among those being treated in hospital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7082795.stm

[Harry]

It baffles me, this kind of madness. Eight people dead, young lives, barely on their way.
This is making me unbelievely sad....

[BachQ]

The shooting appeared to have been planned out in graphic videos posted on Internet file-sharing site YouTube.

[71 dB]

Sad day for Finns and especially for the people living in Tuusula.

[karlhenning]

Dreadful.

[Kullervo]

Here's the Helsingin Sanomat take on the situation.

Sadly and incidentally, an article on the "brutality" of Finns was published just a little over a week ago.

[Mark G. Simon]

Latest American cultural export: Columbine and Virginia Tech.

[matti]

The whole of Finland is shocked at the moment, and personally, it feels really difficult to send the kids to school tomorrow morning.

[greg]

that really sucks 

obviously, all these school shooters have mental problems..... i wonder if medication would've helped?

[Kullervo]

that really sucks 

obviously, all these school shooters have mental problems..... i wonder if medication would've helped?

That is a gross oversimplification.

[longears]

obviously, all these school shooters have mental problems..... i wonder if medication would've helped?

Obviously, they have extreme mental problems.  Would medication help?  Of course they would have to be diagnosed first and then receive proper treatment.  When should the State step in?  And who decides?

[greg]

Obviously, they have extreme mental problems.  Would medication help?  Of course they would have to be diagnosed first and then receive proper treatment.  When should the State step in?  And who decides?

that's where it gets messy. It's just one of those things you really can't do much about.... if only students had a force field-like shield they could use, they'd be safe. I think someone should invent that.

[Saul]

Awful and disturbing.

[Renfield]

Hmm...

Nothing to say, now.

May they rest in peace, and may perhaps he (the shooter) find now the peace he couldn't find in life. It's sad, and so unnecessary, though. Truly.

[Varg]

That's what happen when you're a fame whore and want to be remembered, but have no genius whatsoever. A very easy and effective way to find one's way to immortality among humans, sadly.

And the more the media talks about such events, the more it happens. It is now at the reach of anybody to be famous.

[Bogey]

Love and prayers to the victims and their families.

[Siedler]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article2828084.ece?Submitted=true
I'm shocked of the level of journalism on this article, I thought The Times was a quality newspaper? 

[longears]

Latest American cultural export: Columbine and Virginia Tech.

Mass shootings at schools by disaffected wackos are not a uniquely American phenomenon:  Ottawa, Canada, 1975; Montreal, Canada, 1989; Montreal, Canada, 1992; Dunblane, Scotland, 1996; Sanaa, Yemen, 1997; Erfurt, Germany, 2002; Melbourne, Australia, 2002; Carmen de Patagones, Argentina, 2004; Montreal, Canada, 2006.

The camel's hump is in the tent and it's only a matter of time before we're all in deep doo-doo.

[greg]

The camel's hump is in the tent and it's only a matter of time before we're all in deep doo-doo.

yeah, until they find out how to get bombs

[Greta]

My god, this is terrible. Finland...I wouldn't really have expected such a thing...very sad to see this has become a worldwide phenomenon. My thoughts are with the young Finns affected by this awful tragedy.