List of school attacks in Argentina
The following is a list of '''school attacks in''' '''Argentina''', including stabbings and shootings that took place in daycare centers, schools, universities and other educational centers. Excluded from this list are the following:
- Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
- Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.
List
Date | Location | Perpetrator | Dead | Injured | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 May 1997 | Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica "Manuel Belgrano" in Buenos Aires | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 19-year-old student shot and injured a 21-year-old classmate in the arm with a .32-caliber handgun during an argument relating to football teams.[1] |
9 May 1997 | Escuela Media N° 2 in Burzaco, Buenos Aires Province | Leonardo Aguirre | 1 | 0 | A 14-year-old student stole his father's Argentine National Gendarmerie service weapon, which he had been carrying around for alleged self-defense, and shot his classmate, Cristian Fernández, to death, by accident. He was charged with manslaughter.[1] |
4 August 2000 | Escuela de Enseñanza Media N° 9 in Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires Province | Javier Ignacio Romero | 1 | 1 | Rafael Calzada school shooting: A 19-year-old former student shot one classmate dead and injured another before fleeing back home, where he was then arrested. |
11 December 2000 | Complejo Educativo San Antonio de Padua in Olavarría, Buenos Aires Province | Unnamed | 1 | 0 | A 15-year-old stabbed his physics teacher to death after she flunked him in a test.[2] |
23 May 2001 | Escuela N° 39 "Justo Jose de Urquiza" in Melchor Romero, Buenos Aires Province | Unnamed | 1 | 0 | A 15-year-old stabbed a 19-year-old after they had a discussion on school safety and possible security flaws.[2] |
24 April 2003 | Escuela Sendas Verdes in Buenos Aires | Alberto Gristaldi | 1 | 0 | A 51-year-old man entered a private school and shot his 48-year-old wife, who worked there as an administrator, twelve times with a .38 handgun, killing her on the spot.[3] |
28 September 2004 | Instituto N° 202 "Islas Malvinas" in Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province | Rafael Solich | 3 | 5 | Carmen de Patagones school shooting: A 15-year-old student shot three classmates to death along with injuring another five before being tackled and taken into custody. He could not be persecuted due to his young age. |
18 September 2007 | Escuela Normal "Julio Argentina Roca" in Monteros, Tucumán | José Miguel García | 1 | 0 | A 19-year-old student stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death.[4] |
15 April 2015 | Jardín de Infantes "Estrellas Traviesas" in San Francisco, Córdoba Province | Mauro Bongiovanni | 1 | 0 | A 45-year-old man, after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, entered the daycare center where his ex-wife, 44, worked and slit her throat with a kitchen knife in front of all the children aged 3 and 4 in her care. In August 2016, the attacker was sentenced to life imprisonment.[5] |
31 August 2018 | Colegio Parroquial San Francisco de Asís in Córdoba, Córdoba Province | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A secondary student stabbed a 14-year-old classmate in the ear with scissors during a fight.[6] |
1 April 2025 | Escuela de Educación Primaria N° 5 "Jorge A. Susini" in Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 17-year-old stabbed two classmates, 12- and 16-year-old siblings, in the face.[7] |
7 April 2025 | Laferrère, La Matanza, Buenos Aires Province | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old girl stabbed a classmate in the head with a knife at a private school.[8] |
References
- ^ a b "Un alumno mató a otro de un balazo". LA NACION (in Spanish). 10 May 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Dramáticos testimonios de un día impensable". LA NACION (in Spanish). 29 September 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ Paikin, Damián (24 April 2003). "El hombre que mató a su mujer de doce balazos en un colegio privado". Página 12 (in Spanish).
- ^ "Tucumán: una estudiante fue degollada al salir de clase". infobae (in European Spanish). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ ""Marita" Lanzetti: se cumplen siete años del femicidio que marcó a la ciudad". El Periódico - San Francisco (in Spanish). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Un alumno apuñaló a otro con una tijera: está en grave estado". infobae (in European Spanish). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Terror en una escuela de Ensenada: un adolescente apuñaló a dos chicos en pleno horario escolar". 0221 (in Spanish). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ "Una alumna de un colegio privado de Laferrere atacó con una navaja a una compañera | Sospechaba que se burlaban de ella". Página/12 (in Spanish). 7 April 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.