Finland expected to tighten gun laws after shooting

Police were today working to identify the charred victims of a school massacre in Finland that shocked the nation and sparked calls for tighter gun laws.

Police were today working to identify the charred victims of a school massacre in Finland that shocked the nation and sparked calls for tighter gun laws.

Matti Juhani Saari, 22, armed himself with a .22 calibre handgun and petrol bombs and opened fire on classmates at a vocational college yesterday, killing 10 people and burning their bodies before shooting himself fatally in the head.

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