Following Sydney Morning Herald breaking news updates:

September 22 (1200)

Nine people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage in a Finnish trade school, several Finnish media outlets quoted police as saying.
"There are dead people. We have not counted them. It's a big school," local fire department chief Ahti Yli-Mannila told AFP.
Police said "many shots" had been fired inside the school, located in the southwestern Finnish town of Kauhajoki, some 360 kilometres from Helsinki.

Updated September 23 (0800)

A GUNMAN went on a rampage inside a Finnish trade school yesterday, killing 10 people before shooting himself and dying in hospital later, government and local officials said.
The school's headmaster said the gunman had been identified as Matti Juhani Saari, a 22-year-old student at the school.

Updated September 23 (1800)
The student gunman who killed 10 people at a Finnish school before fatally shooting himself in the head worshipped war, hated mankind and lived alone with his cat.

Matti Saari, 22, who was training to be a chef, left a trail of hatred and revenge in profiles created on social networking sites.

The head of the police investigation, Jari Neulaniemi, said Saari left a note in his apartment.
Following the International Headlines:
Time beginning from 4:52 pm Tuesday 23, 2008.
ABC Online Finish school shooter left a note: police - 29 mins ago
The Sun 11 dead in school shooting - 37 mins ago
Los Angeles Times Finland school shooting; gunman kills 10, then self - 44 mins ago
The Hindu 9 die in Finnish school shooting - 48 mins ago
Boston Globe* Student kills nine in Finnish school shooting - 1 hr ago