Student shoots nine dead at college

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The attack came less than a year after another gun rampage at a school in the country that also left nine people dead including the attacker.

A Finnish hospital official said Tuesday's school gunman was "severely injured" by a shot to his head.

The shootings began just before 11am as about 150 students went to class in Kauhajoki, 180 miles from Helsinki. Witnesses said panic broke out as the hooded gunman entered the school and opened fire.

"Within a short space of time I heard several dozen rounds of shots, in other words it was an automatic pistol," school janitor Jukka Forsberg said. "I saw some female students who were wailing and moaning, and one managed to escape out of the back door."

Police at the school said that several people were killed. Other reports said the building was on fire and the gunman reportedly had explosives on him.

Jussi Muotio, superintendent of the Kauhajoki police, confirmed that several people had been wounded but could not immediately confirm the deaths. "The incident is over now," he said.

Vesa Nyrhinen, detective superintendent from the local police, declined to say how seriously the gunman was injured. "He was wounded by his own bullets," he said.

Finnish media said YouTube clips of a man firing a gun appeared to be linked to the shooting. In one of them, a young man wearing a leather jacket fires several shots in rapid succession with a .22 Walther handgun at what appears to be a shooting range.

The posting was made five days before the shooting and the location was given as Kauhajoki. The posting included a message saying: "Whole life is war and whole life is pain. And you will fight alone in your personal war."