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Thu 09 Sep 2008'I knew Saari . . . he was a happy, normal, young guy'
FINLAND:Responsible for 10 killings and his own death, Saari's spree may have copied a massacre last November, writes Jamie Smythin Kauhajoki, Finland
ALL DAY long they came to pay their respects at the catering school in Kauhajoki. Some fought back tears, others knelt quietly to light a candle to the memories of their friends or neighbours who got caught up in Finland's single worst shooting atrocity.
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