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This is a screen captured image taken from YouTube of a teenage gunman, which features in a video posted by a man going by the username of Sturmgeist89, who is believed to be responsible for the shooting deaths in Finland.

CTV.ca | Eight killed in Finland school shooting: official

An 18-year-old opened fire at a high school in southern Finland Wednesday, killing eight people before wounding himself. "Five boys, two girls and one adult woman were killed," Police Chief Matti Tohkanen told a news conference. Tohkanen later identified the woman as the principal of the school, reports Reuters. The gunman, a student, shot himself and is being treated in hospital, The Associated Press reported. The school is located in Tuusula, about 50 kilometres north of Helsinki. Medical response leader Eero Hirvensalo told AP that one person was "severely injured" and another 10 people had minor injuries. Finnish media is also reporting that the gunman revealed his plans in a YouTube posting. The video, titled "Jokela High School Massacre,'' showed a picture of a building by a lake and two photos of a young man holding a handgun. The person who posted the video, which has now been removed, was identified as an 18-year-old man from Finland. A teacher at the school said an announcement was made shortly before lunch instructing students to remain in their classrooms. "I stayed in the corridor to listen to more instructions, having locked my classroom door,'' Kim Kiuru told the YLE radio station. "After that I saw the gunman running with what appeared to be a small calibre handgun in his hand through the doors toward me after which I escaped to the corridor downstairs and ran in the opposite direction.'' Kiuru said he saw a woman's body as he escaped. The shooting is the first reported incident of its kind at a Finnish school.