Barcelona pupil shoots teacher dead with crossbow
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 10:27 AM
A 13-year-old boy armed with a crossbow has killed a teacher and wounded three other people at a school in Barcelona this morning.
The incident occurred at 9.15am at the Instituto Joan Foster in the La Sagrera district in the north of the Catalan capital.
According to witnesses, the boy arrived late at the school and when a female teacher opened the door to him, he shot her in the face with a crossbow. The then fired at the teacher's daughter, a student in the class.
A supply teacher, who has been at the school for just over a week, responded to the cries and rushed into the classroom to protect his colleague, but the boy shot and killed him.
The boy, who was dressed in camouflage clothing and brandishing a knife as well as the crossbow, then went into another classroom where he threatened a second-year student.
Shortly afterwards the gym teacher found him in the corridor where he was preparing a petrol bomb and managed to control him until the police arrived.
The three injured people were taken to hospital but their wounds are not thought to be serious. Their attacker has been arrested, but if his age is confirmed as 13, he will not face charges as the age of criminal responsibility in Spain is 14.
The motive for the attacks is unclear, but there are reports that the boy was heard to say, “I hear voices; I want to stop all the voices.”
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