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Title: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Sin Cut on November 07, 2007, 08:56:45 AM
and ten wounded, one online news says he's caught, the other one believes he's shot dead.
He's using a 22. Sig Sauer Mosquito -pistol.

Here's his youtube video about it.

http://youtube.com/user/Sturmgeist89

Cheap fucker.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Where is Hassan Nasrallah ? on November 07, 2007, 10:03:55 AM
i heard that a lot of nurses quit from work in a very tensed social struggle with the governement or something?

but blood is more appealing ...


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Skeba on November 07, 2007, 10:05:01 AM
This is one of the things that I really didn't want us to copy from the Americans.

It's a terrible tragedy. I read the guy's 'manifesto', and it clearly shows how big of an idiot he was. Extremely immature and just plain stupid (though he claims otherwise). Reading it just made me so angry...


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: DarkFairy on November 07, 2007, 11:09:19 AM
Here's what he wrote:

I am a cynical existentialist, antihuman humanist, antisocial socialdarwinist, realistic idealist and godlike atheist.

SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM! JUSTITIA SUUM CUIQUE DISTRIBUIT! SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!

I am prepared to fight and die for my cause. I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection.

You might ask yourselves, why did I do this and what do I want. Well, most of you are too arrogant and closed-minded to understand... You will proprably say me that I am"insane", "crazy", "psychopath", "criminal" or crap like that. No, the truth is that I am just an animl, a human, an individual, a dissident.

I have had enough. I don't want to be part of this fucked up society. Like some other wise people have said in the past, human race is not worth fighting for or saving... only worth killing. But... When my enemies will run and hide in fear when mentioning my name... When the gangsters of the corrupted governments have been shot in the streets... When the rule of idioracy and the democratic system has been replaced with justice... When intelligent people are finally free and rule the society instead of the idiocratic rule of majority... In that great day of deliverance, you will know what I want.

Long live the revolution... revolution against the system, which enslaves not only the majority of weak-minded masses but also the small minority of strong-minded and intelligent individuals! If we want to live in a different world, we must act. We must rise against the enslaving, corrupted and totalitarian regimes and overthrow the tyrants, gangsters and the rule of idiocracy. I can't alone change much but hopefully my actions will inspire all the intelligent people of the world and start some sort of revolution against the current systems. The system discriminating naturality and justice, is my enemy. The people living in the world of delusion and supporting this system are my enemies.

I am ready to die for a cause I know is right, just and true... even if I would lose or the battle would be only remembered as evil... I will rather fight and die than live a long and unhappy life.

And remember that this is my war, my ideas and my plans. Don't blame anyone else for my actions than myself. Don't blame my parents or my friends. I told nobody about my plans and I always kept them inside my mind only. Don't blame the movies I see, the music I hear, the games I play or the books I read. No, they had nothing to do with this. This is my war: one man war against humanity, governments and weak-minded masses of the world! No mercy for the scum of the earth! HUMANITY IS OVERRATED! It's time to put NATURAL SELECTION & SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST back on tracks!

Justice renders to everyone his due.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: CheapJon on November 07, 2007, 11:22:31 AM
Fucking Finland!



this is seriously something i thought would never happen in finland, dunno why, just don't..

selfish fucker, he could have just killed himself that would have made him a victim.. now he's a psychopath..

RIP to the victims of this fucko and my sincerest condoleances to their families and friends


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: crazycheryl on November 07, 2007, 11:28:49 AM
This is really sad. Believe me, here in America we are wondering what the hell is up with kids these days too? I'm scared to send my kids to school. Some of my friends at work have had their kids experience lock-downs because of threats or ammunition being found. Why can't we go back to the way it used to be? I used to feel safe at school and church, but after experiencing someone running in my church with a backpack saying he had a bomb and would blow us all to pieces, I feel safe no where anymore.

My hearts go out to anyone effected by this tragedy. It shouldn't have happened. There are some sick, sick people out there.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: polluxlm on November 07, 2007, 11:42:13 AM
Here's what he wrote:

I am a cynical existentialist, antihuman humanist, antisocial socialdarwinist, realistic idealist and godlike atheist.

SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM! JUSTITIA SUUM CUIQUE DISTRIBUIT! SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!

I am prepared to fight and die for my cause. I, as a natural selector, will eliminate all who I see unfit, disgraces of human race and failures of natural selection.

You might ask yourselves, why did I do this and what do I want. Well, most of you are too arrogant and closed-minded to understand... You will proprably say me that I am"insane", "crazy", "psychopath", "criminal" or crap like that. No, the truth is that I am just an animl, a human, an individual, a dissident.

I have had enough. I don't want to be part of this fucked up society. Like some other wise people have said in the past, human race is not worth fighting for or saving... only worth killing. But... When my enemies will run and hide in fear when mentioning my name... When the gangsters of the corrupted governments have been shot in the streets... When the rule of idioracy and the democratic system has been replaced with justice... When intelligent people are finally free and rule the society instead of the idiocratic rule of majority... In that great day of deliverance, you will know what I want.

Long live the revolution... revolution against the system, which enslaves not only the majority of weak-minded masses but also the small minority of strong-minded and intelligent individuals! If we want to live in a different world, we must act. We must rise against the enslaving, corrupted and totalitarian regimes and overthrow the tyrants, gangsters and the rule of idiocracy. I can't alone change much but hopefully my actions will inspire all the intelligent people of the world and start some sort of revolution against the current systems. The system discriminating naturality and justice, is my enemy. The people living in the world of delusion and supporting this system are my enemies.

I am ready to die for a cause I know is right, just and true... even if I would lose or the battle would be only remembered as evil... I will rather fight and die than live a long and unhappy life.

And remember that this is my war, my ideas and my plans. Don't blame anyone else for my actions than myself. Don't blame my parents or my friends. I told nobody about my plans and I always kept them inside my mind only. Don't blame the movies I see, the music I hear, the games I play or the books I read. No, they had nothing to do with this. This is my war: one man war against humanity, governments and weak-minded masses of the world! No mercy for the scum of the earth! HUMANITY IS OVERRATED! It's time to put NATURAL SELECTION & SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST back on tracks!

Justice renders to everyone his due.

Well, I certainly know where he's coming from.

Not the most clever way to go, but still, understandable.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Genesis on November 07, 2007, 11:50:03 AM
Well, I certainly know where he's coming from.
Not the most clever way to go, but still, understandable.

Understandable? Guess it takes a loser to know one I suppose... :P


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: polluxlm on November 07, 2007, 11:54:22 AM
Well, I certainly know where he's coming from.
Not the most clever way to go, but still, understandable.

Understandable? Guess it takes a loser to know one I suppose... :P

Feel better, or do you want to take another shot?


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Bill 213 on November 07, 2007, 11:55:49 AM
And how do you know where he's coming from? ?The dude is a fucking coward. ?So afraid of life that he has to place the blame on "the system" for his failures. ? It's the easy way out for these idiot kids. ?They get to stake some claim to fame that they would have otherwise never been able to do and that's it. ?This dipshit thinks he has made a difference, but now he's going to be nothing more than a wikipedia footnote. ?Meanwhile 7 families have to suffer for his act of cowardice.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: polluxlm on November 07, 2007, 12:01:29 PM
And how do you know where he's coming from?  The dude is a fucking coward.  So afraid of life that he has to place the blame on "the system" for his failures.   It's the easy way out for these idiot kids.  They get to stake some claim to fame that they would have otherwise never been able to do and that's it.  This dipshit thinks he has made a difference, but now he's going to be nothing more than a wikipedia footnote.  Meanwhile 7 families have to suffer for his act of cowardice.

Because I felt a connection when reading his letter.

Difference is he hated the world, I don't.

And while your conclusions are fairly accurate it doesn't help us explain how these things happen, again and again.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Genesis on November 07, 2007, 12:05:34 PM
Well, I certainly know where he's coming from.
Not the most clever way to go, but still, understandable.

Understandable? Guess it takes a loser to know one I suppose... :P

Feel better, or do you want to take another shot?

Are you still standing?


Because I felt a connection when reading his letter.

As I said before... Tell me was it the "insane", "crazy" part or the "psychopath", "criminal" part?

Bah, forget it. I must be too arrogant and closed-minded to understand...


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Bill 213 on November 07, 2007, 12:08:40 PM
And how do you know where he's coming from?? The dude is a fucking coward.? So afraid of life that he has to place the blame on "the system" for his failures.? ?It's the easy way out for these idiot kids.? They get to stake some claim to fame that they would have otherwise never been able to do and that's it.? This dipshit thinks he has made a difference, but now he's going to be nothing more than a wikipedia footnote.? Meanwhile 7 families have to suffer for his act of cowardice.

Because I felt a connection when reading his letter.

Difference is he hated the world, I don't.

And while your conclusions are fairly accurate it doesn't help us explain how these things happen, again and again.

They happen again and again because this is the only way that these troubled kids know they can stake their "claim to fame". ?It's always going to work, a proven formula.....the media eats it up and outcries against these monsters every time until the story fades. It strikes fear in people and creates a moral panic.

It's now being reported that 8 are dead.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: polluxlm on November 07, 2007, 12:09:17 PM
Sorry kid, life is too short to waste on low self-esteems.^^


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: the dirt on November 07, 2007, 12:12:49 PM
Sorry kid, life is too short to waste on low self-esteems.^^

It's sad that in many of these cases, the one's with low self esteem waste others.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: polluxlm on November 07, 2007, 12:13:53 PM
And how do you know where he's coming from?  The dude is a fucking coward.  So afraid of life that he has to place the blame on "the system" for his failures.   It's the easy way out for these idiot kids.  They get to stake some claim to fame that they would have otherwise never been able to do and that's it.  This dipshit thinks he has made a difference, but now he's going to be nothing more than a wikipedia footnote.  Meanwhile 7 families have to suffer for his act of cowardice.

Because I felt a connection when reading his letter.

Difference is he hated the world, I don't.

And while your conclusions are fairly accurate it doesn't help us explain how these things happen, again and again.

They happen again and again because this is the only way that these troubled kids know they can stake their "claim to fame".  It's always going to work, a proven formula.....the media eats it up and outcries against these monsters every time until the story fades. It strikes fear in people and creates a moral panic.

It's now being reported that 8 are dead.

And where does this lust for fame stem from? Why are certain countries over-represented in these cases, even though their gun per capita may be lower?

This is a relatively new phenomenon, and so far I haven't seen one sensible attempt to explain it. I mean, videogames and marilyn manson? Come on.

Sorry kid, life is too short to waste on low self-esteems.^^

It's sad that in many of these cases, the one's with low self esteem waste others.

Ironic, isn't.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Sin Cut on November 07, 2007, 12:17:06 PM
what I don't understand (actually the whole act is crazy) is what him shooting anyone to do with the natural selection?

Sure he thinks he's godlike, but sure he must see he prove himself wrong?

And all that about natural selection, I wouldn't mind to give him a "natural concussion".

Last I heard he was wounded but alive, don't know if the cops downed him or did he try suicide.

So now five boys are dead, two girls and a teacher.

And the killer is in critical condition.



Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: kaasupoltin on November 07, 2007, 12:28:53 PM
In my hometown :no: So frustrating..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7082795.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/07/school.shooting/index.html

Last I heard he was wounded but alive, don't know if the cops downed him or did he try suicide.
...
And the killer is in critical condition.

He tried to kill himself by shooting his brain out, didn't succeed very well. But the doctor said "he has very little hope".


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: the dirt on November 07, 2007, 01:06:02 PM
If he survives, wouldn't he be like the only one to have remained alive after being the culprit in one of these school shootings?

They usually kill themselves or willingly take the police's offence.

Correct me if I'm wrong.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: LeftToDecay on November 07, 2007, 01:31:59 PM
This is one of the things that I really didn't want us to copy from the Americans.

It's a terrible tragedy. I read the guy's 'manifesto', and it clearly shows how big of an idiot he was. Extremely immature and just plain stupid (though he claims otherwise). Reading it just made me so angry...
Yeah very fucked up and sad.
Deathtoll keeps going up. Ends up at  8 I guess?

Think about how HUGE this will be here, for the longest of time. Yellow press, news, the whole Arto Nyberg treatment,columns, the unavoidable "WTF is wrong with us!!" columns,  urban legends and the you tube shit spreading via Irc etc..
..I just hope it doesnt come fashionabole here aswell.

Syvin osanottoni jos joltain l?hti kaveri/sukulainen.



Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: von on November 07, 2007, 01:38:02 PM
Why does it keep happening? Why do the sick fucks keep at it? Listen to the poor sonofabitch who keeps getting blamed for shit like this, he's got a pretty good answer. Maybe if the media STOPPED COVERING IT.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G6n5Oi4714o


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: SLCPUNK on November 07, 2007, 02:21:14 PM


Feel better, or do you want to take another shot?

Why would he do that? A bullseye is as good as you can get.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Loaded NightraiN on November 07, 2007, 03:43:21 PM
This is one of the things that I really didn't want us to copy from the Americans.



Blame it on the Americans  ::)


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: SLCPUNK on November 07, 2007, 03:51:20 PM
He isn't blaming it on Americans.

But lets be honest, we certainly started the trend, and we certainly have cultural influence seen throughout the globe.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: fuckin crazy on November 07, 2007, 04:29:33 PM
There have always been homicidal maniacs, and there always will be; The only thing that is different today is that they get press coverage.

My sympathies.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Jaci_Roxx on November 07, 2007, 04:40:08 PM
Fuck.

The shooter died like an hour ago at the hospital. That makes 9. I wish he'd lived to suffer for what he did! I really, really hope that Hell exists cuz that's where he belongs!

I happened to be in Helsinki today, (my friend's a truck driver and I was with him) but we didn't have the radio on, so we knew nothing about the shooting while we drove around the Helsinki area. Only when we were driving back I heard about it on the phone.

May that guy rot in hell.

R.I.P. all the innocent people who died by the hand of a madman.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: JMack on November 07, 2007, 04:50:56 PM
 ? ?Who cares where it happens? ?It shouldn't happen period. ?Yes media is a big part of this. ?The coverage is overblown and sent out for all the world to see. ?Did you ever think how many people die by way of cleaver, knives and instruments of the hand? ?Many more than guns. ?This happens all around us but it is not covered by the media because of it's location or in a certain part of the world. ?Unfortunately, the media also loves shootings because it can open debate to lay blame on so many levels it's a strange romance. ?America is the sensationalizing media capital of the world and glorifies these horrific incidents. ?I don't think Skeba is blaming Americans. ?These shootings are world wide press because of all of the media attention. ?Of course there will be other countries that have similar incidents but will the media be able to make it bigger? ?In some cases yes and some no. ?If they can they will make it so big for the world to see that it sets a stage for others to follow suit.
 ??Leaving my media rant aside, shooting another, is tragically an easy way of commiting horrible injuries or death because for the most part the shooters are removed from contact of their victims. ?That is why many so-called insane people use guns because it seperates them from the real contact of the victims, until they realize their destruction. ?This is when that person usually turns the gun on himself for a way of making the real escape from reality or a way of not having to face what they have actually have done.

 ? It's very sad for all the people involved and I hope the families find peace and strength to get through such a tragic time.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Skeba on November 07, 2007, 07:37:37 PM
As most of you know, in no way am I blaming the Americans for this.

In the end the responsibility is his, and his alone. You can't blame it all on media, the parents, the school or the society alone... I firmly believe that it was a combination of all of them, together with the fact that whenever he spoke of all of these things he rarely got a decent response that addressed the issues, but rather ridiculed him (at least on the internet).

It is incredibly sad, and although a lot of people are filled with anger and have no place to put it, I hope that this will be concidered as an isolated incident and not made into a panic like state of things. I'd rather see people (and especially parents) take this as a wake up call to really care about the people around them. It is a pretty cold world after all, and I believe a lot of incidents such as this could be avoided if people had other outlets and didn't feel that the only way to get attention or their cry for help heard was to do something like this.

I am very aware that a lot of other horrible things are happening in the world as well. And that this is getting a lot more media attention than a lot of other killings. I guess it is the nature of this event where the people killed seem so random that it gets us thinking how fragile human life is in the end.

I am sorry for all the people who lost a member of their family or a friend.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: The Dog on November 07, 2007, 08:21:32 PM
He isn't blaming it on Americans.

But lets be honest, we certainly started the trend, and we certainly have cultural influence seen throughout the globe.

"we" didn't start anything.

two assholes in Colorado did and the dozens of kids who idolized them b/c the media turned them into martyrs for the bullied.

We are probably to blame for fast food and people getting fatter though :)


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: SLCPUNK on November 07, 2007, 09:59:13 PM
The epidemic of students shooting up innocent school mates did not originate in the states?


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: The Dog on November 07, 2007, 11:35:15 PM
The epidemic of students shooting up innocent school mates did not originate in the states?

i wouldn't say its "an American thing" by any means.  Every country has its nut jobs.

football is american, hot dogs and baseball, etc...


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: SLCPUNK on November 07, 2007, 11:58:57 PM
I'd have to disagree dudio.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: The Dog on November 08, 2007, 12:42:35 AM
I'd have to disagree dudio.

THATS

IT

I am no longer internets friends with you!!!!   :rant:

hahha  :rofl:


While its more common than I'd like, I don't think school shootings is an epidemic.  how many have there been in the US in the last 5 years?


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Bill 213 on November 08, 2007, 01:14:44 AM
I'd have to disagree dudio.

THATS

IT

I am no longer internets friends with you!!!!? ?:rant:

hahha? :rofl:


While its more common than I'd like, I don't think school shootings is an epidemic.? how many have there been in the US in the last 5 years?

Quite a few.....many haven't been along the caliber of Columbine or Virginia Tech.......but i'd say probably at least 20 or so.  Here are a fewer mainstream ones.


2002 - Red Lion, Pennsylvania - 2 dead...14 year old shooter.
2003 - Cold Spring, Minnesota - 2 dead...15 year old shooter.
2004 - Washington, D.C. - 1 dead...19 year old shooter.
2005 - Cumerland City, Tennessee - 1 dead...14 year old shooter.
2005 - Red Lake, Minnesota - 10 dead, 12 injured...16 year old shooter.
2005 - Jacksboro, Tennessee - 1 dead, 2 injured...15 yo shooter.
2006 - Longwood, Florida - 14 year old brings realistic pellet gun and holds class hostage and is eventually fatally shot by police.
2006 - Reno, Nevada - 2 injured, 14 yo shooter.
2006 - Hillsborough, North Carolina - 1 dead, 1 injured...19 year old shooter.
2006 - Cazenovia, Wisconsin - 1 dead...15 yo shooter.
2006 - Joplin, Missouri - no injuries, 13 year old opens fire with a cheap imitation AK-47 in the hallways.
2006 - Fort Bend County, Texas - 1 dead, 16 yo shooter.
2006 - Philadlephia, PA - 1 dead...16 yo fires AK-47 in hallway accidentally killing himself.
2007 - Midland, Michigan - 1 dead, 1 injured...17 year old shoots ex-gf and kills himself.
2007 - Gresham, Oregon - 10 injured....15 yo shooter.
2007 - Oroville, California - 0 injued...17 yo takes hostages and fires shots into the ceiling.
2007 - Cleveland, Ohio - 1 dead, 5 injured....14 yo shooter.


These are just kids going to school with guns and shooting......not incidents where adults came into the school and shot such as the situation at the Amish school in Lancaster, PA.? This was just high school grade shootings.



Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: fuckin crazy on November 08, 2007, 06:02:48 AM
I've read some of the shooters writings tonight. He was one twisted fucker. His rants, can be found HERE (http://www.albaani.org/~ilmari/Tuusula/).




EDIT: Apparently the site has been taken down now.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: JMack on November 08, 2007, 09:07:00 AM
? ? I don't remember this ever being a episode on the Brady Bunch, The Wonder Years, Happy Days and Mr. French never had to sit Jodie and Buffy down to show them how to strip down a piece after a capping.? I don't remember any show or even the news talking about this kind of stuff when I was a kid.? It just didn't happen.? I grew up in some rough areas and this stuff just didn't happen.? Why now?? Is it too much mind probing of our youth?? Too many meds. for too many mental disorders.? Are parents just not interested or unable to be around because both have to work in order to pay the bills.? To show their interest some parents just spoil the kids with material stuff and let them lock themselves in their rooms where they delve into self hate and pity.? They find friends or crazy internet sites that are dark and push them further into their self viewed doomed world.? The over the top media just pumps out depressing stories about what a hard time the future generations will have when they get to adulthood and will they make it tone, for that extra bump of gloom.? It's very disturbing.
? ? In my own opinion, for those of us here with kids, make sure you find time for them and talk to them not at them.? You can be a parent and a friend at the same time, but appropriately.? For our younger friends here, talk to your parents or gaurdian about what's going on in your life and make sure that they're apart of it.? It may not be that easy but it's worth it.? You may be surprised on how talking to each other can enlighten each other.? Parents were your age once too.


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Sin Cut on November 08, 2007, 09:50:03 AM
Latest;

There's a rumour going on that he was going through a list.

He killed the headmaster (presenting the authority he opposed)
He killed a homosexual boy and two people who were highly religious.

He spared the biology teacher and others, for an example he had entered a class and only shot the tv.

69 bullet cases were found.

He had 500 bullets with him..

He had also tried to torch the school but failed.

Oh and in some of his writing he appraises Stalin and Hitler and likes the ideology of communism AND natzism.

The 25-year old nurse who was shot in the killings was my friends sisters childhood friend. (I'm not sure if this is confirmed yet)


Title: Re: 7-dead in a school shooting in Finland
Post by: Sin Cut on November 13, 2007, 01:24:43 AM
Cossey/Auvinen link confirmed

?It?s highly probable that there was some form of contact between Pekka-Eric Auvinen and Dillon Cossey,? a spokesman for the cyber crime department of Helsinki police said. Dillon Cossey, 14, was arrested last month on suspicion of planning to storm his old school, Plymouth Whitemarsh. Police acting on a tipoff found a 9mm semi-automatic rifle, handmade grenades, a .22 pistol and a .22 single-shot rifle at his home. Less than two weeks later Auvinen, already a member of a shooting club, was buying his first gun ? a .22 pistol ? and expressing interest in a 9mm semi-automatic.

Police do not believe this to have been a coincidence. The two youths are thought to have made contact over two MySpace groups, ?RIP Eric and Dylan? ? a reference to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 12 schoolmates at Columbine ? and ?Natural Selection?.

Dillon Cossey used the alias Shadow 19462 on internet forums. Overweight and bullied, he had been withdrawn from Plymouth Whitemarsh and was resentful. His MySpace profile lauded the Columbine killers as heroes.The 18- year-old Finnish killer made a rambling testimony on YouTube, clearly drawing on the rhetoric used in the Natural Selection group and related chat rooms. His YouTube account ? under the pseudonym Sturmgeist89 ? included snippets from violent films, shots of him posing with his ?beloved? pistol and tributes to other mass murderers. It was viewed 200,000 times before being closed down after the Finnish high school killings on Wednesday.

Police are trying to establish whether the Jokela massacre was in some way a copycat event or whether it resulted from an exchange of tips across the internet. Across Europe cyber-crime experts are nervous that some of the abuses on the net committed by Islamic fanatics could become a model for other marginalised groups. The diaries of the Columbine killers also give detailed guidance about their crime.

The two 18-year-olds in Columbine had planned to set the school on fire to spread panic. This appears to have also featured in the plans of Auvinen. However, he brought only a small quantity of lighter fuel, not enough to cause a blaze. Instead he relied on an enormous cache of ammunition for his Sig Sauer Mosquito handgun. He pumped 68 bullets into his eight victims; the 69th he shot into his own skull. Police found 500 rounds of unused ammunition in his rucksack.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2842356.ece