The Finnish government ordered a day of nationwide mourning Thursday after a youth killed six students, the head teacher and a nurse at his school before turning the gun on himself.
Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, was known to support radical causes and he carried out his massacre on Wednesday's 90th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
Flags were at half mast on the presidential palace and government headquarters and all public buildings in line with an order made by Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at a crisis cabinet meeting in the hours after the shooting.
The public followed suit with many homeowners also putting flags at half mast outside their homes.
Auvinen filmed a warning of his plan which was placed on the Youtube.com website. He shot dead five youths and a girl, the female head teacher and a nurse at the Jokela High School in the small town of Tuusula, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Helsinki. None have yet been officially identified.
Auvinen shot himself in the head and died from his injuries during the night, authorities announced.
The teenager was known to support radical causes, classmates and teachers said. The Finnish press highlighted how the November 7 date of the massacre, which has gone down as one of the worst tragedies in Finland's recent history, was also the anniversary of the Bolshevik takeover in Russia.
--- Vocabulary ---
Mourn : 嘆く
Revolution : 革命
Massacre : 大虐殺
Victim : 犠牲者
Mourning : 哀悼
Turn the gun on oneself : 自分に銃口を向ける
Radical : 過激な、過激派
Cause : 原因、要因、動機
Carry out : 実行する
At half mast : 反旗を掲げる
Presidential palace : 大統領宮殿
Government headquarter : 政府本部
Cabinet : 内閣
Crisis : 危機
Shoot dead : 銃殺する
Identify 身元確認をする
Injury : 負傷
Authority : 権威、当局、権力、権威
Press : 報道機関、マスコミ
Highlight : 強調する、目立たせる
Go down as : -として伝えられる、歴史に残る
Tragedy : 悲劇
Takeover : 奪取、買収
Pekka-Eric Auvinen, 18, was known to support radical causes and he carried out his massacre on Wednesday's 90th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia.
Flags were at half mast on the presidential palace and government headquarters and all public buildings in line with an order made by Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at a crisis cabinet meeting in the hours after the shooting.
The public followed suit with many homeowners also putting flags at half mast outside their homes.
Auvinen filmed a warning of his plan which was placed on the Youtube.com website. He shot dead five youths and a girl, the female head teacher and a nurse at the Jokela High School in the small town of Tuusula, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Helsinki. None have yet been officially identified.
Auvinen shot himself in the head and died from his injuries during the night, authorities announced.
The teenager was known to support radical causes, classmates and teachers said. The Finnish press highlighted how the November 7 date of the massacre, which has gone down as one of the worst tragedies in Finland's recent history, was also the anniversary of the Bolshevik takeover in Russia.
--- Vocabulary ---
Mourn : 嘆く
Revolution : 革命
Massacre : 大虐殺
Victim : 犠牲者
Mourning : 哀悼
Turn the gun on oneself : 自分に銃口を向ける
Radical : 過激な、過激派
Cause : 原因、要因、動機
Carry out : 実行する
At half mast : 反旗を掲げる
Presidential palace : 大統領宮殿
Government headquarter : 政府本部
Cabinet : 内閣
Crisis : 危機
Shoot dead : 銃殺する
Identify 身元確認をする
Injury : 負傷
Authority : 権威、当局、権力、権威
Press : 報道機関、マスコミ
Highlight : 強調する、目立たせる
Go down as : -として伝えられる、歴史に残る
Tragedy : 悲劇
Takeover : 奪取、買収
