Finland mourns victims of school shooting

Finns today mourned the victims of a school massacre in which a lone gunman killed nine fellow students and a teacher before shooting himself.

President Tarja Halonen and government members attended a memorial service broadcast live on radio and television nationwide from the western town of Kauhajoki, where the 22-year-old gunman shot and set fire to his victims at a vocational college on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people packed the church. Outside, flags flew half-staff in the windy autumn morning.

Police said Matti Saari, a culinary student at the school, had wanted to kill as many people as possible.