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Police have confirmed a violent event at Kuopio Savo vocational school in Herman shopping centre. One person died in the incident in the eastern Finnish city of Kuopio on Tuesday, police said. They said ten others, including the attacker, had been hurt.

Police were forced to use a firearm at a scene, the force said on Twitter.

A police spokesperson said: “According to current information, the incident in Kuopio occurred at the premises of the Savo vocational school located in the Herman shopping centre.”

One witness told Finnish news site MTV News the attack had been carried out by a student with a sword.

Police later confirmed a "bladed weapon" had been used.