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Auvinen killed eight people and wounded one person in the toe before shooting himself in the head with a SIG Mosquito .22 calibre semi-automatic pistol, twelve others were also injured by flying shattered glass or sprained ankles. The dead were 17-year-old Sameli 'Same' Nurmi, 17-year-old Mika Petteri Pulkkinen, 18-year-old Ari Juhani Palsanen, 25-year-old Hanna Katariina Laaksonen Kinnunen, 43-year-old nurse Sirkka Anneli Kaarakka, 17-year-old Mikko Tapani 'Mikkous' Hiltunen, 16-year-old Ville Valtteri 'Viltsi' Heinonen and 61-year-old head teacher Helena Kalmi. Before setting off on his rampage Auvinen uploaded a file package containing 21 media files to the internet. It contained pictures of himself, his firearm, Jokela High School, one undisclosed music file and three documents in Finnish and English. The longest text was the 'Manifesto of the Natural Selector' in which Auvinen explained his thoughts and rationale behind the shooting.
(7 November 2007)

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San Mateo County Jail

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