A shooting incident has occurred at a school in western Finland, the country's national broadcaster reports.
YLE quotes police as saying the incident, at a vocational school in the town of Kauhajoki, is ongoing.
Police told YLE and another Finnish news agency they feared a number of people may have been injured.
Last November a student shot dead eight people at a school in Tuusula. The level of gun ownership in Finland is among the highest in the world.
A BBC correspondent in Finland said a gunman dressed in black was seen at the school, apparently carrying an automatic weapon.
Police ordered an evacuation and called for reinforcements. There were reports of a fire at the site and of at least one injured girl seen leaving the school, our correspondent says.
(BBC)
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