KAUHAJOKI , Finland ( CNN ) -- Police in Finland have identified the 10 victims in Tuesday 's college shooting as eight female students , a male student and a male teacher . The bodies of the victims were also badly burned after being set on fire . The gunman -- identified by authorities as Matti Juhani Saari -- also died after turning the gun on himself . In addition , one woman was seriously wounded in the shooting . Finnish police had interviewed and released Saari a day before Tuesday 's bloody rampage at a college in Kauhajoki in southwestern Finland , the country 's interior minister said Tuesday . Finnish broadcaster YLE reported that police found a note at Saari 's apartment saying he planned the attack since 2002 because he hated `` people and the human race , '' according to Jari Neulaniemi of the National Bureau of Investigation . Neulaniemi told YLE that the shooting took place in a single classroom . Nine of the victims were found in the classroom and one in the corridor , the report said . Authorities say they became interested in the 22-year-old student after he posted four videos on YouTube . One of them showed him firing a pistol at a shooting range . Saari did not directly threaten anyone in the videos , so there were no grounds for further action , national police Commissioner Mikko Paatero told YLE . However , Interior Minister Anne Holmlund suggested the government will investigate how the police handled the case . Watch as the people of Kauhajoki mourn the victims » . `` It 's clear that we have to carefully go through what should have been done and if we could have avoided this situation in some way , '' The Associated Press quoted her as saying . Finnish President Tarja Halonen , speaking from the United Nations ' annual General Assembly in New York , also raised concerns about the YouTube videos . `` We , parents and elderly people , have a little bit of feeling about the Internet , '' she said during an impromptu TV interview . `` It 's like a strange planet for us . But it 's not so . It 's part of our world , so we have to step in . '' However she praised efforts by police , who she said `` were already on board '' by interviewing Saari . Authorities hoped that was enough to take care of any threat , but `` now we see that it was not , '' she said . The massacre in Kauhajoki , 290 kilometers ( 180 miles ) northwest of Helsinki , was Finland 's second school shooting in less than a year and renewed calls for a review of the country 's laws on gun ownership . Watch pictures from the scene » . `` We must considerably tighten them , '' Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen told YLE during a visit to the town early Wednesday . `` We should consider whether to allow these small arms for private citizens at home . They belong on firing ranges . '' MTV-3 's Foreign Editor Risto Puolimatka told CNN that Saari was issued with a temporary gun license last month . It was the gunman 's first license , Puolimatka said . Authorities learned about the videos Friday but could not reach Saari until Monday , Paatero told YLE . Police also searched his home , YLE reported . Four videos of a man firing a pistol at a shooting range were posted by a `` Mr. Saari '' from Kauhajoki , where the college is based , according to his profile on video-sharing Web site YouTube . The profile also included a video tribute to the Columbine High School shooters , Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold , at the top of the man 's favorites list . The videos were posted over a three-week period this month . None was posted in the last week . Watch more about the YouTube videos » . The account was suspended within hours of the shooting , which began about 11 a.m. local time ( 0800 GMT . ) Jukka Forsberg , a maintenance worker at the school , told YLE that the gunman was wearing a ski mask and walked into the building with a large bag . About 150 students were on campus Kauhajoki city 's School of Hospitality in southwestern Finland . Forsberg said , `` I heard several dozen rounds of shots . In other words , it was an automatic pistol . I saw some female students who were wailing and moaning , and one managed to escape out the back door . '' Saari died Tuesday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at Tampere University Hospital , said medical director Matti Lehto . At least one other person suffered serious injuries in the shooting , he added . The incident comes almost a year after another school shooting left nine people , including the gunman , dead in the Finnish town of Tuusala . Copyright 2008 CNN . All rights reserved.This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . Associated Press contributed to this report .
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