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All victims of Finnish school shooting identified

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-26 16:43

STOCKHOLM -- The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday that they have identified all the 10 victims of Tuesday's vocational school shooting in Kauhajoki in western Finland, according to news reports reaching here from Helsinki.

An aerial view of the vocational school where a male student shot dead several people in Kauhajoki is shown in this image taken from a website September 23, 2008. [Agencies]

The bodies, some of which were badly charred by petrol bombs set off by their assailant, were identified by way of DNA tests and dental records, Chief Inspector Jari Neulaniemi from the NBI said in a statement.

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Eight female students, one male student, and one male staff member were killed when student Matti Saari opened fire on fellow students in a classroom at the vocational school in Kauhajoki. Saari died later after he shot himself.

NBI officers are also examining Saari's computer. The biggest question in the investigation is the motive of the assailant, the Finnish public broadcaster YLE said in a report.