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/ 24 November 2007

YouTube rejects calls to monitor videos

Video-sharing website YouTube is refusing to filter out threatening material, despite calls for more restrictions in the wake of the school shooting in Finland. Pekka-Eric Auvinen (18) used YouTube to publicise his plans to attack his high school in Tuusula, hours before he killed eight people and then shot himself.

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/ 10 November 2007

The pupil who declared war

Pekka-Eric Auvinen, a student in the year above, came strolling along the corridor. The teenagers glanced at the familiar figure and carried on chatting. ”He walked towards us calmly and slowly … He lifted his arm. He pointed the gun at me and started shooting. The dude just pointed it at me and fired.”