The identities of the attacker and victims have not yet been officially released, but the shooter is believed to be a 15-year-old student.
One 13-year-old student died and at least eight people were injured in a shooting attack this Monday (30), when A 15-year-old student opened fire at a school in the local authorities reported.
The “serious episode”, which shook a country unaccustomed to shooting attacks in educational institutions, took place at the Mariano Moreno school, in the city of San Cristóbal, detailed the government of the province of Santa Fé (center).
The shooter was arrested, a source from the provincial Security Ministry confirmed to AFP. “I went up and, when I was just about to go down, some students they saw a boy come out of the bathroom with a gun and they started shouting. And he started shooting, shooting in the air, and we all ran away,” said a student, identified as Priscila, in an interview with local broadcaster Radio Con Vos.
Six students were treated at a local hospital with superficial injuries sustained. while fleeing the scene and are out of danger, the text detailed. Two others were taken to the Rafaela Regional Hospital; one of them initially in serious but stable condition.
The identities of the attacker and victims have not yet been officially released.. The attack occurred when students were waiting to raise the flag, as they do every day before classes start at the school, in this small town of around 16,000 inhabitants.
The weapon used by the attacker “is presumably a shotgun”, the Secretary of Government of San Cristóbal, Ramiro Muñoz, told channel TN. Classes were suspended and students were sent home.
*AFP
