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A 12-year-old student suspected of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fatally shooting</a> a classmate and wounding two others in Finland told police that he was bullied at school, officials said Wednesday, as a nation shocked by the attack held a day of mourning.The suspect, a sixth grader who attended the school in the city of Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, was apprehended less than an hour following the shooting on Tuesday morning.The shooter and the victims were all classmates, police said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/finnish-government-calls-nationwide-day-mourning-after-12-year-old-accused-firing-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FINNISH GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR NATIONWIDE DAY OF MOURNING AFTER A 12-YEAR-OLD WAS ACCUSED OF FIRING AT STUDENTS</a>"The motive for the act has been found to be bullying," the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department, which is in charge of the investigation, said in a statement."The suspect has said during interrogations that he was the target of bullying, and this information has also been confirmed in the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/finance/investigations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preliminary investigation</a> by the police. The suspect had transferred to Viertola school at the beginning of this year."The minimum age of criminal liability in Finland is 15 years, which means the suspect cannot be formally arrested. A suspect younger than 15 can only be questioned by the police before they are handed over to child welfare authorities.On Wednesday, Finnish blue-and-white flags were hoisted at half-staff and scores of people including parents, teachers and fellow students laid flowers and lit candles in the snowy landscape near the school building where the shooting occurred.Police said one of the wounded girls has a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dual Finland-Kosovo citizenship</a>.The deceased boy died instantly after being shot, police said. The suspect was detained in the Helsinki area less than an hour after the shooting with a "a revolver-like handgun" in his possession. The gun was licensed to a relative of the suspect who was not immediately identified. Police said he admitted to the shooting in an initial police hearing.Finland has witnessed two major deadly school shootings in 2007 and 2008. In their wake, the country tightened its gun laws, raising the minimum age for firearms ownership and giving police greater powers to perform background checks on individuals applying for a gun license.The nation of 5.6 million has more than 1.5 million licensed firearms, and about 430,000 license holders, according to the Finnish Interior Ministry. Hunting and gun-ownership are deeply rooted traditions in this sparsely-populated northern European country, where target practice is also a widespread hobby.

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content: A 12-year-old student suspected of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">fatally shooting</a> a classmate and wounding two
 others in Finland told police that he was bullied at school, officials said Wednesday,
 as a nation shocked by the attack held a day of mourning.The suspect, a sixth
 grader who attended the school in the city of Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, was
 apprehended less than an hour following the shooting on Tuesday morning.The
 shooter and the victims were all classmates, police said.<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/finnish-government-calls-nationwide-day-mourning-after-12-year-old-accused-firing-students"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">FINNISH GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR NATIONWIDE DAY
 OF MOURNING AFTER A 12-YEAR-OLD WAS ACCUSED OF FIRING AT STUDENTS</a>"The
 motive for the act has been found to be bullying," the Eastern Uusimaa Police Department,
 which is in charge of the investigation, said in a statement."The suspect
 has said during interrogations that he was the target of bullying, and this information
 has also been confirmed in the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/finance/investigations"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">preliminary investigation</a> by the police. The
 suspect had transferred to Viertola school at the beginning of this year."The
 minimum age of criminal liability in Finland is 15 years, which means the suspect
 cannot be formally arrested. A suspect younger than 15 can only be questioned by
 the police before they are handed over to child welfare authorities.On Wednesday,
 Finnish blue-and-white flags were hoisted at half-staff and scores of people including
 parents, teachers and fellow students laid flowers and lit candles in the snowy
 landscape near the school building where the shooting occurred.Police said
 one of the wounded girls has a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/europe"
 target="_blank" rel="noopener">dual Finland-Kosovo citizenship</a>.The deceased
 boy died instantly after being shot, police said. The suspect was detained in the
 Helsinki area less than an hour after the shooting with a "a revolver-like handgun"
 in his possession. The gun was licensed to a relative of the suspect who was not
 immediately identified. Police said he admitted to the shooting in an initial police
 hearing.Finland has witnessed two major deadly school shootings in 2007 and
 2008. In their wake, the country tightened its gun laws, raising the minimum age
 for firearms ownership and giving police greater powers to perform background checks
 on individuals applying for a gun license.The nation of 5.6 million has more
 than 1.5 million licensed firearms, and about 430,000 license holders, according
 to the Finnish Interior Ministry. Hunting and gun-ownership are deeply rooted traditions
 in this sparsely-populated northern European country, where target practice is also
 a widespread hobby.
summary: The 12-year-old suspect in a deadly Vantaa, Finland, school shooting told
 police he was bullied at school, officials reported Wednesday.
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