School shooting in Finland
Candles and flowers are left outside the vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland, where a gunman killed 10 people Tuesday before shooting himself. Police said the shooter, Matti Saari, appeared to have bought his weapon at the same store that sold a gun to 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen, another school shooter who killed eight people before shooting himself last November. (Oliver Morin / AFP / Getty Images)
Police guard a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland, where a gunman opened fire and killed at least 10 before shooting himself. Police identified him as Matti Juhani Saari, 22, a student. (Vesa Moilanen / AFP / Getty Images)
An aerial view shows the vocational school in Kauhajoki, about 180 miles northwest of Helsinki. Witnesses said Saari, the gunman, walked into a classroom where students were taking an exam, and began shooting. (AFP / Getty Images)
An ambulance leaves the Kauhajoki school. Police said Saari was armed with a .22-caliber pistol and with explosive devices that were used to start a fire. Some victims were reportedly burned beyond recognition. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto / Associated Press)
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This image from the Web shows a man, identified as Saari, at a Finnish shooting range. Police had questioned Saari on Monday about YouTube postings showing him firing weapons, but had released him because there were no legal grounds to detain him. (AFP / Getty Images)
A man identified as Saari points his gun toward the camera in an image taken from video posted to the Internet. (AFP / Getty Images)
Police stand guard outside the Kauhajoki school. It was Finland’s second deadly school shooting in less than a year. Both gunmen were reportedly fascinated by the Columbine school massacre in the United States; both attacked their own schools; and both took their own lives. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto / Associated Press)
