Kuopio school stabbing

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Kuopio school stabbing
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Kuopio ubication where the attack happened
Location Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland
Date1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)
c. 12:29 –12:37
TargetStudents and faculty at Savo Vocational College
Attack type
Mass stabbing, school attack, arson
Weapons
Deaths1
Injured10 (including the perpetrator)
AccusedJoel Otto Aukusti Marin

The Kuopio school stabbing occurred on 1 October 2019 at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland. Armed with a sabre, 25-year-old student Joel Otto Aukusti Marin killed a female student and wounded nine others. He also carried an air pistol which was not used during the attack; it was initially mistaken for a real firearm. The attack ended when a policeman shot and wounded Marin. [1]

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Attack

The attack began in a classroom at Savo Vocational College, located in the premises of the Herman shopping mall. Students in the classroom described how Marin arrived to class with a "long bag", took out a longsword and began stabbing people. [1] Police were alerted at 12:29. The attack lasted for at least eight minutes, during which Marin stabbed ten people. The only fatality was a 23-year-old Ukrainian-born woman who was a student at the college and had been stabbed in the neck and stomach, resulting in her death. [2] During the attack, a fire was started in the building, presumably by Marin, but it was quickly extinguished. [3] The attack ended when a policeman shot and severely wounded Marin, who was sent to the Kuopio University Hospital for treatment. The policeman was also wounded. [4]

Perpetrator

Joel Otto Aukusti Marin (born 1994) was a student at Savo Vocational College. The police found several incendiary devices similar to a Molotov cocktail when they searched Marin's apartment after the attack. [5] Based on preliminary information, he had no previous criminal record. [3]

Marin had moved to Kuopio from the municipality of Siilinjärvi at some point after matriculating in 2014. [6] He had been regularly bullied since primary school for reasons including his clothing and being overweight. He was described as quiet and lonely. [7] Marin had participated in shooting courses at the Kuopio Shooting Club. [8]

Aftermath

The Finnish Parliament (eduskunta) held a minute-long moment of silence the day after the attack to honor the victims. Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne called the violence "shocking and completely unacceptable" [9] and visited Kuopio on 4 October. [10] In November 2020 the perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment. [11]

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  3. 1 2 Pesonen, Mikko; Bjurström, Eelis (1 October 2019). "Nämä 7 asiaa tiedämme nyt Kuopion kouluhyökkäyksestä: 10 loukkaantui ja yksi kuoli, kun miesopiskelija hyökkäsi sapelin kaltaisella aseella" [These 7 facts are now known about the Kuopio school stabbing: 10 were injured and one died when a male student attacked with a sabre-like weapon]. yle.fi (in Finnish). Yle. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
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