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Three were injured in a school shooting incident in Finland early on Tuesday, Finnish police said, adding that the suspect was later arrested. “All those involved in the shooting incident are minors,” the police said, regarding the shooting at a school in the city of Vantaa, north of the capital Helsinki. Finland’s population of around 5.5 million includes some 430,000 gun license holders, with over 1.5 licensed firearms in the country of hunters and gun enthusiasts, as per interior ministry figures. more to follow… rmt/rc (dpa, Reuters) Source link

Several people have been injured in a school shooting in Finland, police say.Officers were called to the incident at Viertola primary school in Vantaa at 7.08am UK time and a suspect has been detained. Local residents have been asked to stay away from the area.Finnish broadcaster MTV Uutiset reported emergency services – including armed police officers – are at the scene.Some of the children reportedly hid during the attack, while others who had been contacted by their parents on mobile phones said they saw what happened. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.Please…

As millions of eligible voters headed to the polls to elect mayors in 81 Turkish cities and municipalities on March 31, it is a historic local election for one person in particular: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has spoken of his “last election” before handing over responsibility to the next generation. Turkey’s constitution obliges Erdogan to step down in four years due to term limits. But an Erdogan loyalist in the Turkish parliament, former Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag, has long teased a constitutional amendment that would allow the head of state to run for another term. And the president’s ultranationalist ally Devlet Bahceli has publicly pleaded with Erdogan,…

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte replaced on Monday six ministers who resigned abruptly, as she faces a corruption probe related to her ownership of high-end Rolex watches. Boluarte is being investigated for illicit enrichment, as authorities suspect corruption. Police and prosecutors raided her home and office over the weekend, in search of evidence of the origin of at least three Rolex watches. Interior Minister Victor Torres was among the six ministers who on Monday tendered their resignation.Peru: Police raid home of President BoluarteTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What…

In the foothills of the Himalayas, two men lift their shirts to reveal wide scars on their bodies.Both aged in their 40s, they appear self-conscious – even embarrassed – but they want to share their story. The men – called Kanchha and Ram – sold their kidneys, driven by financial desperation. Kanchha is still in pain and unable to work because of the side effects from the surgery.”It’s impossible to count how many have done it,” he says. “Everywhere, this village, that village, so many people have sold their kidneys.” Image: Ram and Kanchha show their scars Image: The tell-tale…

Georgian authorities want to be part of the European Union— but without what they claim is LGBTQ “propaganda” and “pseudo-liberal values.” The country’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, has proposed a constitutional amendment along those lines, to “protect family values and minors.”  Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the Georgian Dream parliamentary majority, said the constitutional amendments will allow marriage only of “a union of a single genetic male and a single genetic female.” “Now, if someone wants to force same-sex marriage on us, we will tell them that it is prohibited by our constitution,” he said earlier this month. Experts have said the changes wouldn’t…

Israeli forces have withdrawn from Gaza’s main hospital after a two-week raid, leaving behind destroyed buildings and dead bodies.The military said it had killed some 200 Hamas and other militants and detained hundreds more in clashes in the area of the hospital, and had seized weapons and intelligence documents. Hundreds rushed to the area around the hospital to investigate the damage and say they found bodies inside and outside the facility.Middle East latest: Follow live updates Image: Pic: Maxar Technologies Before and after images show the sheer level of destruction at the hospital. Pictures show the charred remains and damage…

Crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Mass presided over by Pope Francis that began Easter Sunday celebrations in the Vatican.  Francis, seated on a chair with a large golden crucifix behind it, waved and spoke with other clerics at the service that started at around 10 a.m. local time (0800 UTC/GMT) on Sunday. Thousands gathered outside the basilica in St. Peter’s SquareImage: Marco Iacobucci/ipa-agency/picture alliance Appeal for cease-fire in Gaza, and Russia-Ukraine prisoner swaps Francis called for steps towards deescalation in the conflicts in both Ukraine and Gaza during his Easter message at around noon.  “Peace is never made with weapons.…

Officials from the Hamas-run Gaza media office said late on Monday that at least five aid workers from the humanitarian NGO, the World Central Kitchen (WCK), were killed in what they said was an Israeli airstrike. The Reuters news agency cited a media office spokesperson as saying that the incident took place in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah and reported that the dead included citizens of Poland, Australia, the United Kingdom and a Palestinian. The World Central Kitchen said it was aware of the reports that members of its team had been killed and said aid workers and civilians should “never be…

The rescue operation for 13 miners trapped in a collapsed gold mine in Russia has been called off.They were stranded 125m (400ft) down when part of the structure in the Zeysk district of Amur, in the far east of the country, collapsed on 18 March. Around 200 rescuers had been trying to pump out water that flooded the Pioneer mine, but on Monday the mission was terminated and the miners declared dead.The mine operator and authorities said it was too dangerous for rescuers as the mine was still flooded and more sections could collapse.Read more from Sky News:Before and after…