Oulu school gets shooting threat, security beefed up

The police beefed up security measures at a school in Oulu, a municipality in North Ostrobothnia region following a shooting threat issued on Wednesday.

Police said that a letter was found at the Oulu Normal School at about noon where it was written that an incident of shooting will be taken place at the school premises on Wednesday.

Responding to an alarm, the police rushed to the spot and strengthened security at the school to avoid any unwanted situation.

After the preliminary investigation police suspected that that four mid-level students of the school were involved in issuance of the threat and found information about their roles individually.

The police will continue the security measures at the school and investigation into the incident.

They said that every threat at the school would be taken seriously, particularly after the shooting at the Viertola school in Vantaa.

A student of a school in Vantaa was killed and two others were critically injured when another student of the school attacked them with firearm on Tuesday morning.