Flags have been flying at half-mast across Finland after a child was killed and two others seriously wounded

The shooting took place in a classroom at Viertola school in Vantaa, to the north of the capital, Helsinki.

Police said all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had fled after the shooting but was later detained.

One of the injured children is Kosovan, its foreign ministry said.

All public buildings lowered their flags from 8:00 (05:00 GMT) on Wednesday to mark a day of mourning, the interior ministry said.

According to the Finnish TV channel MTV Uutiset, the boy wore a mask and noise-cancelling headphones while carrying out the shooting.

He ran off as soon as police arrived and was eventually detained “in a calm manner” in the northern Siltamaki district of Helsinki.

Police have opened an investigation into murder and attempted murder.

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