Gunman kills 10 himself in Finnish school massacre

FINLAND: A masked student went on the rampage at a Finnish school Tuesday, methodically gunning down 10 people before killing himself, a day after police quizzed him over a chilling YouTube warning.

Young women screamed as the 22-year-old shooter stalked the corridors of the vocational college in a ski mask and black outfit letting off round after round at helpless students before starting several fires, witnesses and police said.

The massacre in Kauhajoki in southwestern Finland was the country's deadliest school shooting and the second in under a year. "I heard the sound of shooting and hysterical girls' voices.

Kauhajokl, Wednesday, AFP