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| Mexico: two reported killed after 11-year-old opens fire at school | Mexico: two reported killed after 11-year-old opens fire at school |
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| Five children and a teacher also injured, police chief says, in Friday morning attack in Torreón in northern Mexico | Five children and a teacher also injured, police chief says, in Friday morning attack in Torreón in northern Mexico |
| At least two people are reported to have been killed and six injured after an 11-year-old boy entered a school in northern Mexico with two handguns and opened fire. | At least two people are reported to have been killed and six injured after an 11-year-old boy entered a school in northern Mexico with two handguns and opened fire. |
| The shooting took place on Friday morning in the city of Torreón, in Coahuila state. | The shooting took place on Friday morning in the city of Torreón, in Coahuila state. |
| Local reports suggested the attack at the Colegio Cervantes had claimed at least two lives. One of the dead was reportedly a female teacher, with some reports suggesting she had been the shooter’s target. The other was the shooter, who police said had killed himself. | |
| A graphic photograph published by Mexican news outlets showed what appeared to be the body of a young boy splayed out in a pool of blood, with a handgun lying on the ground. | A graphic photograph published by Mexican news outlets showed what appeared to be the body of a young boy splayed out in a pool of blood, with a handgun lying on the ground. |
| Police chief Maurilio Ochoa told reporters six people had been wounded – five schoolchildren and a teacher – with two in a “delicate” condition in hospital. | Police chief Maurilio Ochoa told reporters six people had been wounded – five schoolchildren and a teacher – with two in a “delicate” condition in hospital. |
| Ochoa said the shooter was believed to have entered his school with two weapons: a small-calibre handgun and a high-calibre weapon. The boy’s parents and grandmother, with whom he lived, had said they had no idea how he acquired the guns. | Ochoa said the shooter was believed to have entered his school with two weapons: a small-calibre handgun and a high-calibre weapon. The boy’s parents and grandmother, with whom he lived, had said they had no idea how he acquired the guns. |
| “This is really regrettable,” Ochoa said, as anxious parents gathered outside the school’s entrance. He suggested backpack searches might be needed to prevent future tragedies. | “This is really regrettable,” Ochoa said, as anxious parents gathered outside the school’s entrance. He suggested backpack searches might be needed to prevent future tragedies. |
| Torreón’s mayor, Jorge Zermeño, told reporters the causes of the attack were still unclear. | Torreón’s mayor, Jorge Zermeño, told reporters the causes of the attack were still unclear. |
| “They tell me he was a boy who had very good grades, who lives – lived – with his grandmother and who certainly suffered some kind of family problem.” He added: “It is very serious, so, so sad, and lamentable to see a primary school student do something like this.” | “They tell me he was a boy who had very good grades, who lives – lived – with his grandmother and who certainly suffered some kind of family problem.” He added: “It is very serious, so, so sad, and lamentable to see a primary school student do something like this.” |
| In an interview with the Mexican news channel Milenio TV, Zermeño called the shooting an “atypical situation” that did not speak to the “peaceful society” that was Torreón. “This is a city that likes to work and likes to live in peace,” he said. | In an interview with the Mexican news channel Milenio TV, Zermeño called the shooting an “atypical situation” that did not speak to the “peaceful society” that was Torreón. “This is a city that likes to work and likes to live in peace,” he said. |
| Coahuila state’s governor, Miguel Ángel Riquelme, told reporters there were suspicions the shooter had been influenced by a video game called Natural Selection. | Coahuila state’s governor, Miguel Ángel Riquelme, told reporters there were suspicions the shooter had been influenced by a video game called Natural Selection. |
| Before carrying out the shooting the boy – who has not been identified – reputedly told classmates: “Today is the day.” | Before carrying out the shooting the boy – who has not been identified – reputedly told classmates: “Today is the day.” |
| Despite suffering some of the world’s highest murder rates, school shootings of the kind that blight the US remain relatively rare in Latin America. | Despite suffering some of the world’s highest murder rates, school shootings of the kind that blight the US remain relatively rare in Latin America. |
| In March last year eight students were gunned down in the city of Suzano in Brazil’s São Paulo state. | In March last year eight students were gunned down in the city of Suzano in Brazil’s São Paulo state. |
| In 2011 a similar attack at a school in Rio de Janeiro claimed 12 lives. | In 2011 a similar attack at a school in Rio de Janeiro claimed 12 lives. |
| One of the worst such attacks to take place in Mexico came in 2017 when a 15-year-old student killed himself after shooting four people at a school in the state of Nuevo León. | One of the worst such attacks to take place in Mexico came in 2017 when a 15-year-old student killed himself after shooting four people at a school in the state of Nuevo León. |
| Mexico’s leftist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is battling a major drug-fuelled security crisis which saw more than 31,000 people murdered last year alone. | Mexico’s leftist president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is battling a major drug-fuelled security crisis which saw more than 31,000 people murdered last year alone. |
| This year looks like being no less bloody: 41 people were murdered in the city of Tijuana in the first eight days of 2020 and more than 100 have died in Guanajuato state, according to local media reports. | This year looks like being no less bloody: 41 people were murdered in the city of Tijuana in the first eight days of 2020 and more than 100 have died in Guanajuato state, according to local media reports. |