Chantada stabbing
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| Chantada stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chantada, Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain |
| Date | 8 March 1989 |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife, axe, arson |
| Deaths | 8 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 6–7 |
| Perpetrator | Paulino Fernández Vázquez |
| Motive | Fear of losing land |
On 8 March 1989 a mass stabbing took place in Chantada, Province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain, during which 64-year-old Paulino Fernández killed seven people and wounded six or seven.
On 8 March 1989, Paulino Fernández travelled from his home in Surribas to Chantada. There, he spoke with his lawyer about the land acquired. According to the lawyer, he was more nervous and depressed than usual. He then talked to the notary and later did some work with his brother. At noon, he returned to Surribas. There he dined with his brother and his wife. He talked about the land they wanted to take from him. After lunch, the brother and wife went to friends. At 2:30 p.m., he left his house with a knife and met his neighbor, who was chopping wood. He asked a neighbor what a group of people standing on the street was doing. A neighbor told him that they were waiting for a bus to take them to the funeral. He stabbed a neighbor several times and ran after him, but the neighbor ran away from him. A neighbor asked for help from people on the street, and he was taken by car to a hospital in Chantada. Neighbors did not pay much attention to the attack, got on a bus, and went to the funeral. Paulino then returned home, drove the cows out to graze, and drove them to Quinzán. He saw four people working on the farm, "A Lamela". Despite the fact that they all had sickles, Paulino killed three with a knife on the spot and wounded one woman. She tried to run away, but he caught up and killed her. He then met a neighbor and seriously injured him. He then went to Surribas via Quinzán. Along the way, he attacked seven neighbors. Two of them died on the spot, one died 20 days later in hospital, and four or five others were injured. He also did not attack some people along the way. He also used an ax during the attack. At the end of the attack, one man managed to take a knife from him, and Paulino went home. His brother learned of the massacre and took Paulino's wife out of the house. When he returned, he set fire to the house and lay down on the bed. He died in the fire. During the fire, his body fell to the ground floor of the stable and was found there. His neighbors also heard a tractor explode during the fire.[1][2][3][4]