One dead, 10 injured in Finland sword attack

A sword-wielding man has attacked his fellow students at a vocational school in Finland, killing a woman and wounding nine other people.

Police said 10 people had been injured, including the suspect, in the attack. Two of the injured were in a serious condition.

The suspect was seriously hurt when police opened fire to stop him, AP reports.

"One dead body has been found at the college premises of Kuopio Herman," police said on Twitter. They gave no further details on what had happened or what provoked the violence.

The incident took place at the Savo Vocational College located in the Herman shopping centre in Kuopio, police said. The situation had now ended, they added.

Finland has seen two deadly school attacks in the past 12 years. In 2007, a student at the Jokela High School shot 8 people dead before killing himself. In 2008, a 22-year-old student at a vocational school in Kauhajoki shot 10 dead before committing suicide.

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