Finland: One dead and nine injured in 'violent attack' in shopping centre | World News | Sky News

One person has died and nine are injured in a violent attack at a shopping centre in Finland, police say.

A tenth injured person has been arrested.

All ten people have been taken to hospital, with police saying two people, including the attacker, are seriously injured.

The incident took place in Savon vocational college located inside the shopping centre in Kuopio, a town in the east of the country.

The person who died was "found on the premises of the school", the police said on Twitter.

Local media are reporting that the attacker used a bladed weapon. No other details on what happened or what provoked the violence have been released.

Police confirmed on Twitter that they used a gun during the operation and that the shopping centre has been evacuated.

Officers say there is no threat to locals in the area.

A police spokesperson on Twitter said: "A violent attack has taken place in Savo vocational college at a shopping center in #Kuopio . Police used firearms in the situation. The suspect has been arrested. 10 people have been injured and taken to the hospital and one person has died. #polis"

Finland has seen two deadly school attack in the last 12 years.

In 2007, a student at Jokela High School shot eight people dead before killing himself. The following year, a 22-year-old student at a vocational school in Kauhajoki shot dead 10 people before taking his own life.