One dead, 10 injured in a ‘violent incident’ at Finnish vocational college: Police

“Officers used firearms during the situation. Police have detained one perpetrator. The injured have been evacuated,” East Finland police said in a statement.

One person died and 10 people were injured in a “violent incident” at a vocational college in the eastern Finnish town of Kuopio, with the suspected attacker among the injured, police said on Tuesday.

Emergency services attend the scene of a violent incident at the Hermanni shopping centre in Kuopio, Finland. Finnish police say that a man with a knife has killed one person and wounded at least three others at a shopping center in central Finland. (Photo: AP)

“Officers used firearms during the situation. Police have detained one perpetrator. The injured have been evacuated,” East Finland police said in a statement, while media reports said the assailant was armed with a sword.