Jokela High School
Encyclopedia
Jokela High School is a public secondary school
in Jokela School Centre in the village of Jokela
, Tuusula
municipality, Finland
. It is located 43 kilometers outside the capital Helsinki
. The school educates about 450 pupils. Jokela School Center also houses grades 7–9.
predicting the massacre at the school. Jokela High School reopened on 15 November 2007.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Jokela School Centre in the village of Jokela
Jokela
Jokela is one of the three administrative centers in the Finnish municipality Tuusula. It has a population of around 6,000 residents. The Jokela School Centre and the Jokela railway station serve the community...
, Tuusula
Tuusula
Tuusula is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of .-Geography:...
municipality, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It is located 43 kilometers outside the capital Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. The school educates about 450 pupils. Jokela School Center also houses grades 7–9.
School shooting
The school was the site of one of only two Finnish school shootings. On 7 November 2007, at approximately 11:44 local time (9:44 UTC) Pekka-Eric Auvinen opened fire at Jokela High School. The incident resulted in the death of nine people: five male pupils and one female pupil; the school principal; the school nurse; and the shooter himself, who was also one of the school's pupils. Hours before the incident, the shooter posted a video on YouTubeYouTube
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predicting the massacre at the school. Jokela High School reopened on 15 November 2007.