The Raumanmeri school shooting was a
school shooting
A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple c ...
that occurred on 25 January 1989 at the Raumanmeri secondary school in
Rauma,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was the first school shooting in the history of Finland. A then-14-year-old student at the Raumanmeri secondary school fatally shot two of his classmates using a pistol that belonged to his father.
The shooter had claimed to be a victim of bullying. Due to the perpetrator being under the age of 15, he never faced any criminal charges for the attack.
See also
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Gun politics in Finland
Firearms regulation in Finland incorporates the political and regulatory aspects of firearms usage in the country. Both hunting and shooting sports are common hobbies. There are approximately 300,000 people with hunting permits, and 34,000 people b ...
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List of school-related attacks
This is a list of attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A narrow definition of the word ''attacks'' is used for this list so as to exclude warfare, public attacks (as in political protests) ...
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Jokela school shooting
References
1989 crimes in Finland
School shootings in Finland
Deaths by firearm in Finland
Spree shootings in Finland
School bullying
January 1989 events in Europe
School shootings committed by pupils
1989 murders in Finland
School killings in Finland
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