Raumanmeri school shooting also known as the Rauma Sea school murders was a school shooting that occurred on 25 January 1989 at the Rauma Sea secondary school in Rauma , Finland . It was the first-ever school shooting in the history of Finland , preceding the Jokela school shooting on November 7th 2007 , and the Kauhajoki school shooting on September 23rd 2008 . A then-14-year-old student at the Rauma Sea primary school shot two of his classmates , a 14 year old and 15 year old boy , using a pistol that belonged to his father . Both boys were sent to a hospital in Turku in a critical condition , and both died later in the day . The shooter attempted to kill a third victim , however the bullet missed . The shooting began at 8 am , with police arriving at 8:15 am . The shooter fled out of the back of the school , escaping with a bicycle and sleeping bag . Not long after , the shooter dropped the bicycle and sleeping bag , allowing police to use tracking dogs to find the shooter a few kilometres from Rauma , in Eurajoki . Due to the perpetrator being under the age of 15 , he never faced any criminal charges for the attack
Jokela school shooting
Jokela school shooting
Raumanmeri school shooting