The Alaskan: I posted a list of some non US public shootings on THR back a few years ago. I see two in Finland. Here's part of it.
- Tours, France, October 29, 2001: four people were killed and 10 wounded when a French railway worker started shooting people at a busy intersection in the city.
- Nanterre, France, March 27, 2002: A man brings 3 pistols to a city council meeting shooting 27 people. Eight councilors are killed and another 19 are wounded. The man later commits suicide.
- Erfurt, Germany on April 26, 2002: a former student kills 18 at a secondary school with two shotguns and a pistol.
- Freising, Germany on February 19, 2002: Three people were shot and killed and one wounded when a student opened fire on his classmates and then committed suicide.
- Turin, Italy on October 15, 2002: Seven people were killed on a hillside overlooking the city when a gunman opened fire with several firearms including an automatic weapon.
- Madrid, Spain, October 1, 2006: a man shoots and kills two employees and wounds another at a company that he was fired from.
- Emsdetten, Germany, November 20, 2006: a former student murders 11 people at a high school with three firearms. The student shot himself through the mouth killing himself.
- Tuusula, Finland, November 7, 2007: Seven students and the principal were killed at a high school. The 14 year old student then committed suicide with the same pistol.
- Naples, Italy, September 18, 2008: Seven dead and two seriously wounded when a man opens fire in a public recreation hall.
- Kauhajoki, Finland, Sept. 23, 2008: A 22 year old college student kills 10 people and wounds one before turning the gun on himself at the college he was a student of.
- Winnenden, Germany, March 11, 2009: a 17 year old former student kills 15 people and wounds 9 others including nine students and three teachers before using the same gun to take his own life.
- Lyon, France, March 19, 2009: ten people injured after a man with a gun opened fire on a nursery school.
- Athens, Greece, April 10, 2009: three people killed and two people injured when a student with two pistols opens fire at a vocational college.
- Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 11, 2009: three people killed and 1 injured when a man pulled a gun and opened fire in a crowded cafe.
- Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2009: one dead and 16 wounded in a shooting at a Sikh Temple.
- Espoo, Finland, Dec. 31, 2009: 5 people shot by Ibrahim Shkupolli in a crowded shopping mall on New Year's Eve. The shooter later committed suicide with the same gun.
- Cumbria, England, June 2, 2010: a British taxi driver shot and killed 12 people and wounded 11 others with a rifle and shotgun before taking his own life.
- Oslo, Norway, July 22, 2011: Anders Behring Breivik kills 77 and wounds 242 people in a shooting massacre at a youth camp outside the nations capital.
- Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, April 9, 2011: Tristan van der Vlis, 24, fired more than 100 rounds from three pistols in a suburban Dutch shopping mall, killing six people and wounding another 17 before turning one of the weapons on himself.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=690482
I'm sure there were events I missed. It's far far from exhaustive. Keep in mind the US has 330 million vs 5.5 million for Finland.
Dan