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In photos: 'Finland School Shooting'

By James Wray Sep 23, 2008, 19:58 GMT

Police forces take up position as several people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. Police said the gunman, thought to be a 22-year-old student, was then disarmed, but local media say he shot himself. He was carrying an automatic weapon and wearing a ski mask when he entered the college in Kauhajoki, reports said. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

Emergency services at the scene as several people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. Police said the gunman, thought to be a 22-year-old student, was then disarmed, but local media say he shot himself. He was carrying an automatic weapon and wearing a ski mask when he entered the college in Kauhajoki, reports said. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

RECROPEmergency services at the scene as several people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. Police said the gunman, thought to be a 22-year-old student, was then disarmed, but local media say he shot himself. He was carrying an automatic weapon and wearing a ski mask when he entered the college in Kauhajoki, reports said. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

Emergency services at the scene as several people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. EPA/JENNI LATVA

A handout picture supplied by the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki showing an aerial view of the college building where several people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in Kauhajoki, Finland on 23 September 2008. EPA/KAUHAJOKI CITY HANDOUT

Emergency services at the scene as nine people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. Police said the gunman, thought to be a 22-year-old student, was then disarmed, but local media say he shot himself. He was carrying an automatic weapon and wearing a ski mask when he entered the college in Kauhajoki, reports said. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

Students at the scene as nine people are feared dead, with more injured, after a man opened fire at a college in the western Finnish town of Kauhajoki, 23 September 2008. Police said the gunman, thought to be a 22-year-old student, was then disarmed, but local media say he shot himself. He was carrying an automatic weapon and wearing a ski mask when he entered the college in Kauhajoki, reports said. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

A Finnish police bomb squad at aparment (2nd floor) of the suspect in a fatal shooting at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland on 23 September 2008. The shooter lived within 200 metres from the school. All students have been evacuated from the school. Hospital sources say the shooter, who has been taken into hospital care after turning the gun on himself, has died from his injuries. Police supected that the shooter had palnted a bomb in the school or his apartment. EPA/JENNI LATVA

A memorial service is held for the victims of a school shooting at a church in Kauhajoki, Finland, 23 September 2008. Hospital sources say the shooter, a young man who killed ten people had been taken into hospital care after turning the gun on himself, has died from his injuries. Police supected that the shooter had palnted a bomb in the school or his apartment. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

BYLINE CORRECTIONPolice seal off the site of a shooting at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland on 23 September 2008. Hospital sources say the shooter, a young man who killed ten people had been taken into hospital care after turning the gun on himself, has died from his injuries. Police supected that the shooter had palnted a bomb in the school or his apartment. EPA/MAURI RATILAINEN

Police armoured vehicule leaving the site of a shooting at a vocational school in Kauhajoki, Finland on 23 September 2008. Hospital sources say the shooter, a young man who killed ten people had been taken into hospital care after turning the gun on himself, has died from his injuries. Police supected that the shooter had palnted a bomb in the school or his apartment. EPA/MERJA OJALA