14 DAY TRIAL // Tuusula, Finland was the place of a tragic happening yesterday morning that made the whole world bow in woe. The results of it all were seven dead children and the head teacher of the school where the shooting took place.
An 18-year old coming gun in hand towards you is a scary sight and that is exactly what 8th grade teacher Kim Kiuru was faced with. "He (the gunman) was moving systematically through the school hallways, knocking on the doors and shooting through the doors. It felt unreal, a pupil I have taught myself was running towards me, screaming." The one Mr Kiuru is talking about is the shooter, who had posted prior to his killing rage a video on YouTube entitled "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007".
The clip was set to a hard-driving song called "Stray Bullet" by the industrial rock band KMFDM and it shows a still photo of a low building, in fact that of the Jokela High School, that breaks apart to reveal a red-tinted picture of a man pointing a handgun at the camera.
The New York Post says that "Officials said the teen belonged to a gun club and had gotten a license for the pistol Oct. 19. They added he had been keenly interested in war history and extremist movements. Investigators were examining the YouTube postings for a motive." One of the postings of Sturmgeist89, the teenager's nickname, states that "I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection." Witnesses described a scene of mayhem as the unidentified shooter prowled the building looking for victims while shouting for "revolution" waving his .22 caliber handgun.
He ultimately finished his killing spree by pointing the gun at his head and pulling the trigger. Doctors could do nothing to save him.