Posted on 09/24/2008 11:44:29 AM PDT by marthemaria
Police investigating the Finnish college massacre are looking into possible direct links with the country's last mass shooting
Detectives believe gunman Matti Saari, who killed ten people at a college in the town of Kauhajoki, may have had contact with the killer of eight people at a school in Jokela last November.
They are examining email and telephone records and suggestions the guns for both massacres could have come from the same shop.
Tuesday's shooting was an almost carbon copy of that in November. Pekka Eric Auvinen, 18, also posted warnings on YouTube.
Both gunmen shot themselves and died later in hospital.
A source told Sky News: "It is something the police are looking at very closely because they believe there could have been a link or some contact between the two men."
Police have revealed that notes left behind by Saari at his flat in Kauhajoki showed his "hatred of humankind" and signs he had planned the killings for some time.
The Finnish Prime Minister has promised a review of the country's liberal gun laws and an inquiry into why police took no action after seeing Saari's YouTube videos and bringing him in for questioning.But Finland's gun lobby has already hit back.
Reijo Kykkaenen, a member of the country's Sotka shooting club said increased legislation was not the answer.
He said: "The people who want a gun will get it one way or another. If not they might build a bomb.
"Hunting is a very important hobby for many of us. It is not a scary thing. Lots of us have guns, and we know how to take care of them. It is very difficult to spot a crazy man. He might have been planning it for years."
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