2023 Jerez de la Frontera school stabbing
On September 28, 2023, a stabbing occurred at Elena García Armada Institute in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain, when a 14 year old student identified as Saúl, stabbed 3 teachers and 2 pupils, injuring them using 2 knives, the suspect was later found in the school and arrested.[1]
| Jerez de la Frontera school stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Elena García Armada Institute in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain |
| Date | September 28, 2023 |
| Target | Students and pupils |
Attack type | School attack, stabbing, mass stabbing |
| Weapons | 2 kitchen knives |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 5 |
| Accused | Saúl, 14 |
Stabbing
editAt approximately 8:10 a.m.,[2][1] an aggravated teenager entered Elana García Armada Institute and around 5 minutes later, entered in a classroom retrieved 2 kitchen knives from his bag and reportedly told a student “I will kill you”[3][4][1] before slashing and stabbing at students. A teacher attempted to intervene and sustained serious eye injuries that required surgery,[5][1] another teacher was injured while attempted to aid the other one.[3]
Police entered the school and arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of the stabbing, he was found carrying 2 knives on the third floor of the building.[2]
Accused
editA 14-year-old boy identified as Saúl was arrested on the third floor of the school carrying the 2 knives in suspicion of the stabbing.[2][3] The boy required special education, classmates described him as a calm person who “didn’t talk often” and reported that in the days before the attack he had suffered from an unspecified incident and that other classmates would make jokes about him.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Cañas, Jesús A. (2023-09-28). "Detenido en un instituto de Jerez un alumno de 14 años por apuñalar a varios docentes y compañeros". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ a b c "Teachers and students stabbed by teenager at Spanish school". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ a b c "Three teachers and student stabbed 'by teenager on knife rampage' at Spanish school". The Independent. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Teenager stabs teachers, pupil in Spanish school". Reuters.
- ^ Hagan, Rachel (2023-09-28). "Spanish school evacuated as 'pupil stabs two teachers and two classmates'". The Mirror. Retrieved 2024-01-27.