Barcelona school killing

2015 CE.

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On 20 April 2015, a 13-year-old carried out an attack at his high school, IES Joan Fuster, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing one teacher and injuring four others. The student was armed with a crossbow and a machete, Upon arriving at school, he began shooting in a class with the crossbow and attacking students and staff with a machete, resulting in a teacher being killed and two students and another teacher being injured. The attack is the first school attack in Spain where a teacher was killed.

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