Teen opens fire at Argentina school, killing 1 and injuring 8

A 15-year-old boy opened fire at a school in Argentina on Monday, killing one student and wounding eight others, according to AFP, citing officials.

The incident, unusual in Argentina where US-style school shootings are rare, took place in the Mariano Moreno School in the central town of San Cristobal, the Santa Fe provincial government said.

The suspected shooter was taken into custody, a source in the provincial security ministry added.

“I went upstairs, and just as I was about to come down, some students saw a boy come out of the bathroom with a gun and started screaming,” AFP quoted Priscila, a student at the school, as telling local broadcaster Radio Con Vos.

“He started shooting into the air and we all ran out,” she added.

Six students were treated for superficial injuries sustained fleeing the scene and are all out of danger, the ministry said.

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Two other students were transferred to the Rafaela Regional Hospital, one in serious though stable condition.

The identities of the assailant and the victims were not immediately released.

The shooting happened as students waited to raise the national flag, a ritual performed daily before classes begin at the school in the town of some 16,000 residents.

The weapon used by the assailant “is believed to be a shotgun,” Ramiro Munoz, San Cristobal government secretary, told TN television.

Classes were suspended and the students sent home.

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With inputs from agencies