Attack at Mexico secondary school kills vice principal, injures three
Authorities said the suspects were former students and two injured people were students, as federal officials assisted the investigation.
- On Thursday, an attack at a Secondary School in Torreon, Coahuila, left the vice principal dead and three people injured, with State Prosecutor Federico Fernandez confirming two 18-year-old former students were detained.
- The suspects entered the facility armed with machetes and rudimentary explosive devices; local neighbors, alerted by sounds of detonations, apprehended the brothers in the Union area and held them until authorities arrived.
- Preliminary investigations indicate the brothers attacked administrative staff, Fernandez said. Describing the incident as a "brutal attack," the prosecutor confirmed the vice principal lost her life during the assault.
- The federal Security Cabinet reported that three people injured in the attack are receiving medical attention as investigations into potential motives continue.
- Attacks on schools remain unusual in Mexico, where most violence is tied to organized crime. High-profile incidents in Torreon, Michoacan, and Monterrey in recent years underscore recurring security vulnerabilities.
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Two barely adult brothers entered La Unión High School 13, detonated firecrackers and attacked at least five people with machetes, one of whom died. The deceased was the deputy director of the plant located in Torreón, Coahuila, and among the wounded there are three students, one of whom is in serious condition after losing a hand. According to the first reports, the aggressors are alumni of the institution and acted out of “feelings against the…
The attack occurred one day after another violent incident recorded in an educational center in the center of the country, where a minor armed with two knives injured four people.
The assistant school principal was killed and three people were injured on Friday, as a result of a knife attack in a school in Torión, Coahuila, northern Mexico.
An 18-year-old brother attacked a high school in northern Mexico using a machete and a homemade explosive device. A female deputy principal was killed, and three teachers and students were injured before the attackers were apprehended.
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