Copycat I do not think the BBC news source is enough to call this a copycat shooting It may bear some similarities to the Jokela school shooting but there are also numerous differences Jokela was a high school Kauhajoki is a vocational college TAFE right Auvinen used a SIG Mosquito Saari used a Walther P22 ok weak both 22 semi automatic pistols Auvinen used a gun alone Saari is suggested to have used incendinary devices to start a fire Auvinen did not conceal his identity from my understanding Saari wore a balaclava Auvinen considered himself an extremist god like revolutionary judging humanity No similar motivation appears to be from Saari He seems a vindictive gun war fanatic obsessed with death and murder There is nothing more than journalistic speculation that this is a true copycat event where Saari has deliberately gone to lengths to imitate Auvinen Or am I misunderstanding the use of teh term ndash will all Finnish school shootings be considered Auvinen copycats