Jokela High School is a public

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in Jokela School Centre ( fi, Jokelan koulukeskus) in the village of

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municipality,

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. It is located 43 kilometres outside the capital

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. The school educates about 450 pupils."Eight Dead in Jokela"

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Jokela School Centre also houses grades 7–9. Finland Jokela HighSchool-yard

School shooting

The school was the site of one of only three Finnish

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s. On 7 November 2007, at approximately 11:44 local time (9:44 UTC) Pekka-Eric Auvinen opened fire at Jokela High School. The incident resulted in the death of nine people: five male pupils and one female pupil; the school principal; the school nurse; and the shooter himself, who was also one of the school's pupils. Hours before the incident, the shooter posted a video on

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predicting the massacre at the school. Jokela High School reopened on 15 November 2007.

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