Shooter announces massacre on YouTube - before he opens fire
Shooter announces massacre on YouTube - before he
opens fire at school
The posting on YouTube of a clip announcing a school
shooting in Finland before it happened shows how self-shot videos have become
the favored means for modern killers wanting to get their message
across.
Seven children and the school principal were killed today when a fellow pupil opened fire at a school in southern Finland, hours after a clip posted on video sharing Web site YouTube predicted a massacre there. The shooter later died in hospital after shooting himself in the head.
The YouTube video, entitled “Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007,” was posted by a user called Sturmgeist89. “Sturmgeist” means storm spirit in German.
The user’s account has since been suspended.
Seven children and the school principal were killed today when a fellow pupil opened fire at a school in southern Finland, hours after a clip posted on video sharing Web site YouTube predicted a massacre there. The shooter later died in hospital after shooting himself in the head.
The YouTube video, entitled “Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007,” was posted by a user called Sturmgeist89. “Sturmgeist” means storm spirit in German.
The user’s account has since been suspended.
Posted: Wed - November 7, 2007 at 03:39 PM