Finland child shooter, 12, tells cops he was BULLIED after moving school and opened fire in revenge attack killing one

FINNISH cops revealed the child suspected of shooting his classmates was bullied after moving schools which motivated his gruesome attack.

The 12-year-old boy is believed to have killed one classmate and put two more in the hospital after the horrific shooting spree on Tuesday.

Cops tracked down the suspected shooter after he fled the scene yesterday

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Police said today: “The motive for the act has been identified as bullying.

“The suspect has told the police during interrogations that he has been the victim of bullying and this information has also been confirmed in the police’s preliminary investigation.”

They said the child had started at Viertola school in Vantaa earlier this year and did not settle in well.

The suspected child-killer shot dead one other 12-year-old classmate and left two more of the same age in serious condition in the revenge attack.

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