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Kauhajoki school shooting
The Kauhajoki school shooting occurred on 23 September 2008, at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in the former province of Western Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 semi-automatic pistol, before shooting himself in the head. He died a few hours later in Tampere University Hospital. One woman was injured but was in a stable condition.
The shooting took place at the Kauhajoki School of Hospitality, owned by the Seinäjoki Municipal
Mass shootings in Finland
Mass shootings in Finland as of 2015 happened at a rate of 0.34 per 100,000 people. Some notable mass shootings to occur in Finland include the Kauhajoki school shooting, the Sello mall shooting, and the Jokela school shooting, which occurred the year prior to the one in Kauhajoki.