What the records say
- When
- 23 Sep 2008
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 11
- Coordinates
- 62.43° N, 22.18° E
- Description
- school shooting in Kauhajoki, Finland, on 23 September 2008
- Injured
- 3
Kauhajoki school shooting
2008 shooting in Finland
On 23 September 2008, a school shooting occurred at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) in Kauhajoki, Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target semi-automatic pistol, with nine victims having been in a classroom and one in a hallway, before shooting himself in the head. He died a few hours later at Tampere University Hospital.
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