Finnish minister says now is not the time to discuss gun laws after child shooting


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  • Friday, 05 Apr 2024

FILE PHOTO: People bring candles and flowers at the Viertola school in Vantaa, Finland, on April 2, 2024. Lehtikuva/Roni Rekomaa via REUTERS /File Photo

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland already has quite "strict" firearms legislation and now is not the right time to discuss tightening it, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said, following a school shooting this week in which a 12-year-old boy shot three classmates.

A 12-year-old boy on Tuesday brought a relative's revolver to Viertola school near Helsinki, shot dead a fellow sixth-grader and severely injured two others.

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