Published :
06 May 2026, 01:27
Updated :
06 May 2026, 02:08
Grandfather of the 12-year-old student, who killed one classmate and injured another with a firearm, was sentenced to suspended imprisonment for six months on charge of firearms offence for giving the handgun to the child without supervision.
The Eastern Uusimaa District Court awarded the punishment the 69-year-old man on Tuesday as the allegation of firearms offence brought against him was proved beyond doubt, local media reported.
The convict has no previous criminal record and admitted the offence to the court.
The incident took place on April 2, 2024 at Viertola school in Vantaa when the 12-year-old student entered into the classroom and fired gunshots at the students and fled away.
Three of the students sustained bullet wounds in the attack and one of them died on the spot. The rest two were taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Responding to an alarm, police rushed to the spot and conducted extensive search at the school and adjacent area and later arrested the suspect along with the firearm from Helsinki area at about 11:15 am.
Police, however, did not divulge detail about the incident and the victims but said that all the victims including the deceased and the attacker are the students of class six.
Police also said that the attacker used a handgun licensed to a close relative.
On April 3, police said that bullying seemed to be the motive for the school shooting.
On April 8, police said that the gun used in Vantaa school murder was stored properly.
