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Guatemala: Teacher Dies After Being Attacked with a Knife by an 11-Year-Old Student

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In an unprecedented incident in Guatemala, a teacher has died from injuries sustained in a knife attack by an 11-year-old student in the department of Huehuetenango, on the border with Mexico.

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In an unprecedented incident in Guatemala, an 11-year-old student stabbed her teacher to death in Huehuetenango. The Ministry of Education is investigating the case and providing psychological support at the school.

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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In an unprecedented incident in Guatemala, a teacher has died from injuries sustained in a knife attack by an 11-year-old student in the department of Huehuetenango, on the border with Mexico.

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A tragedy occurred in a school, when an 11-year-old student stabbed her teacher inside a classroom. The teacher was wounded at least seven times and, although he was rushed to a hospital, died hours later due to the severity of the injuries. The attack occurred on the morning of Wednesday, July 23, while teacher Pedro Enrique Herrera Tello, 72, taught at the Official Rural School of Cambote, located in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

By Fernando Castellanos Students and teachers of the Cambote School, in zone 11 of Huehuetenango, lived moments of panic, last Tuesday at noon, when a student, 11 years old, attacked Professor Pedro Enrique Herrera Tello, 72. The teacher was seriously wounded in the abdomen, thorax and extremities [...]

A regrettable incident occurred in a public school located in zone 11 of the department of Huehuetenango, where a teacher was attacked with a white gun by one of his students. Preliminary information indicated that the classes were conducted normally when, without prior notice, a student attacked the teacher with a knife, causing multiple injuries. The teacher was moved alive to a care center, where he remains under medical observation. The even…

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Prensa Libre broke the news in on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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