The posting on YouTube of a clip announcing a school shooting in Finland before it happened shows how self-shot videos have become a favored means for killers to get their message across.
The nature of 24-hour media means such videos are also likely to get worldwide attention very quickly in a way which letters never could, reports Reuters.
Seven children and the school principal were killed on Wednesday when a fellow pupil opened fire at a school in southern Finland, hours after a clip posted on video sharing Web site YouTube predicted a massacre there.
The YouTube video, set to a hard-driving song called 'Stray Bullet', shows a still photo of a low building that appears to be the Jokela High School.
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