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Gunman kills 9 at his school in Finland

Authorities say he had been questioned, released after violent YouTube postings

A gunman whose violent YouTube postings made police bring him in for questioning opened fire Tuesday at histrade school in western Finland, killing nine people before shooting himself, authorities said.

It was Finland's second school massacre in less than a year.

The gunman had been questioned by police just one day before theattack about YouTube postings in which he is seen firing...

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