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The Kauhajoki school shooting occurred on 23 September 2008 at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences [4] (SeAMK) in Kauhajoki, Finland.The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target semi-automatic pistol, before shooting himself in the head.
The Walther P22 is a semi-automatic pistol chambered for .22 Long Rifle (5.59 mm Caliber) rimfire ammunition. Manufactured by Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen , it was introduced in 2002 and has become very popular among shooting sports .
Walther P22, one of the two semi-automatic weapons Cho used in the shooting. The mass shooting reignited the gun politics debate in the U.S., with proponents of gun control legislation arguing that guns are too accessible, citing that Cho, a mentally unsound individual, was able to purchase two handguns despite state laws that should have ...
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The problem is, these are all (hat, vest, and P22) trivial mentions, and don't really relate to the notability of those articles. PubliusFL 17:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC) [ reply ] Comment Walther P22 can be had for a few hundred dollars, which isn't very expensive compared to many guns.
Between 9:40 and 9:51 am: Using the .22 caliber Walther P22 and 9 millimeter Glock 19 handgun with 17 magazines of ammunition, Cho shot 47 people, killing 30 of them. [35] Cho's rampage lasted for approximately nine minutes. [58] A student in Room 205 noticed the time remaining in class shortly before the start of the shootings. [59]
Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide. The first attack was on the second floor of West Ambler ...
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