Report of the investigations of the school shootings in Jokela has been published in English
Ministry of Justice
25 May, 2009
The report of the Investigation Commission, assigned by the Council of State to investigate the school shootings in Jokela, has now been published in English. In the report the Investigation Commission presents 13 recommendations aiming to reduce the probability of school shootings and lessen the harm done by them. Several of the recommendations involve prevention of marginalization through, among other things, developing the student health care and mental health services and also the prevention of school bullying.
The causes leading up to the school shooting in Jokela on 7 November 2007 were complex and the killings themselves constituted a deliberate criminal act showing the methodical nature that constitutes an essential element of murder. A senior high school student shot eight persons and himself in a school centre. He also tried to start a fire, but failed.