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Wesleyan shooter supposedly threatened jewish students.

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A man suspected of killing a Wesleyan University junior may be targeting the university and its Jewish population (yeah right), Middletown, Connecticut, police said Thursday. Police have launched a nationwide search for Stephen Morgan, 29, who is suspected of killing Johanna Justin-Jinich. The young woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a bookstore in Middletown near the Wesleyan campus, police said. "Evidence uncovered overnight suggests that Mr. Morgan may be focused on the Wesleyan community campus as well as the Jewish community," said Middletown Police Chief Lynn Baldoni, who did not elaborate. A statement from the university alleges that Morgan had written threats against "Wesleyan and/or its Jewish students." While Justin-Jinich is a student at Wesleyan and is Jewish, there was another connection between her and her alleged killer, authorities said. In July 2007, Justin-Jinich filed a harassment complaint against Morgan while the two were both taking t

This Joke is on you; nine dead in finnish college shooting!

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A man opened fire at a college in southwestern Finland Tuesday, killing at least nine students, officials said. The shooter then tried to kill himself but was not successful, Antti Rantakokko, the mayor of Kauha joki where the shooting occurred, reported. Several other people were wounded in the attack, but officials could not immediately say how many. "We can't tell you exactly how many people are in bad condition," the mayor said. "We don't have the numbers yet." The shots were reported at a college for home- and institutional-economics in the municipality of Kauha joki , according to YLE, a Finnish national broadcaster. A 22-year-old student of the school walked into a classroom full of students who were taking a test, and opened fire about 11 a.m ., YLE said. Jukka Forsberg, a maintenance worker at the school, said the man was wearing a ski mask and walked into the building with a large bag, the agency said. About 150 students were on campus at the tim