The people of Finland are mourning the victims of a shooting spree at a vocational school in the western city of Kauhajoki, in which 11 people were killed, including the gunman.
Finnish President Tarja Halonen said he expected the incident to provoke a national dialogue on gun ownership. Finnish gun ownership rates are among the highest in the world, but crime rates are generally low. Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb defended his country's gun Gunman dies in hospital after killing 10 in Finnish school ...
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Kiefer out of Wimbledon ... laws but added they could be open to reform. Tuesday's attack was the second shooting incident at a school in Finland in less than a year.
(Deutsche Welle)
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