List of school attacks in Chile
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The following is a list of school attacks in Chile, 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/military actions (such as the Santa María School massacre)
- Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.
| Date | Location | Perpetrator | Dead | Injured | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December 1966 | Escuela N°122 "Las Hortensias" in Los Ángeles, Biobío Region | Aladino Burgos Figueroa José Ángel Rodríguez Cifuentes |
2 | 0 | Burgos, a 16-year-old ex-student, accompanied by his 26-year-old friend, robbed two teachers before beating them to death (slitting one of their throats as well), both as witness elimination and as retaliation, as one of the teachers had previously humiliated Burgos, by reading a letter from his girlfriend out loud to a class. They were both later arrested and sentenced to undisclosed prison terms.[1] |
| 8 October 1975 | Escuela N°11 de Huequén in Angol, Araucanía Region | María Jesús Riffo Sandoval | 3 | 40 | A 48-year-old school cook poisoned milk and cereal intended for students with arsenic to try and blame it on a different worker, as they were both in love with the same man.[2][3] She was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, and was eventually released after 17 years.[4] |
| 17 December 1999 | Liceo B-29 and Liceo Eduardo de la Barra in Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region | Iván Jesús Arancibia Navarro | 3 | 1[n 1] | Valparaíso school shootings: Recently dismissed physics professor Iván Arancibia Navarro killed three people in two different high schools, including his own three-year-old infant daughter, before attempting suicide by gunshot. He was later declared not guilty by reason of insanity |
| 27 September 2004 | Liceo Nueva Zelandia in Santa Juana, Biobío Region | Fernando Octavio Fernández Luna | 1 | 0 | Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, 17-year-old Fernando Fernández lured Ángelo Zúñiga Faúndez into a bathroom, where he shot and killed him as revenge in a love conflict.[5][6][7] Due to his status as a minor at the tine, he was ultimately sentenced to 4 years' parole.[8] |
| 9 August 2005 | Liceo Particular España in Temuco, Araucanía Region | I.H.C. | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student stabbed his teacher, Carlos Reyes, in the neck, claiming to have been under Satanic possession at the time.[9] |
| 8 December 2015 | Colegio Fresia Graciela Müller Ruiz in Lebu, Biobío Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student attacked another student with a knife, stabbing him at least four times during a fight. He was arrested.[10] |
| 26 August 2016 | Liceo Jorge Alessandri in Calama, Antofagasta Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A fight between students ended with one of the students involved being stabbed and requiring emergency transport to the local hospital. The other student involved was arrested.[11] |
| 16 March 2019 | Escuela de Caballeria Blindada in Iquique, Tarapacá Region | Marco Antonio Velásquez González | 3[n 2] | 0 | Iquique military school shooting: An 18-year-old cadet fatally shot a corporal and a superior officer before committing suicide. |
| 27 May 2019 | Patagonia College in Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region | M.D.A.C. | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student fired three times with a .32 revolver (stolen from his grandfather, a retired policeman), wounding a classmate, before trying to escape and being detained. In a note left by him at home, he claimed to have planned out a massive attack, inspired by the Columbine High School massacre.[12] |
| 23 August 2022 | Liceo Comercial in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A female student was stabbed during a fight by another young woman.[13] |
| 18 April 2023 | Liceo Politécnico Juan Terrier Dailly in Curicó, Maule Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 15-year-old student was attacked with a knife and brass knuckles by a group of four classmates. He had previously been bullied, both in real life and online, by the same students.[14] |
| 23 April 2024 | Escuela Industrial Salesianos in Copiapó, Atacama Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed with a pencil during lunchtime. Initial reports indicate that the victim had an argument with another student while they were on school grounds, and the victim was then attacked in the neck area with a pencil. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene to provide first aid and transport the victim to a medical facility.[15] |
| 31 May 2023 | Liceo Centro Educacional Pudahuel C-87 in Pudahuel, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student fired a gun in class. No one was directly hit, but a teacher suffered acoustic trauma. A second firearm, along with drugs, were found in the student's backpack.[16] |
| 22 May 2024 | Instituto Superior de Comercio in Temuco, Araucanía Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 17-year-old student was attacked by at least two classmates at school. He sustained a back wound.[17] The two attackers were expelled from the school but not arrested. |
| 9 May 2024 | Liceo Bicentenario Carlos Cousiño Goyenechea in Lota, Biobío Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed and injured in school grounds.[18] |
| 27 July 2024 | Liceo Antonio Varas de la Barra B-4, Arica, Arica y Parinacota Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | Two groups of students were involved in a fight, during which one student pulled out a bladed weapon and stabbed another student. He was arrested and changed with attempted murder.[19] |
| 20 August 2024 | Universidad de Antofagasta in Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed by a classmate during a fight.[20] |
| 5 September 2024 | Colegio Nueva Era Siglo XXI in Puente Alto, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A fight broke out between two students, which school staff tried to break up. The mother of one of the two students stabbed a staff member before her son ran over both of them. Seven people in total were arrested.[21] |
| 23 October 2024 | Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Quinta Normal, Metropolitan Region | Unknown | 0 | 35 | 34 students and a teacher were injured when a home-made Molotov cocktail firebomb exploded inside school. The perpetrator has never been caught.[22] |
| 21 March 2025 | Liceo Politécnico Juanita Fernández Solar in Angol, Araucanía Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 10th grade student was stabbed eight times on a staircase at the school at the start of recess. Police arrived at the scene and arrested another student from the same school as the suspected perpetrator.[23] |
| 14 April 2025 | Escuela Palestina in Curicó, Maule Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A sixth-grade student was slashed in the cheek with a blade taken from a pencil sharpener, needing five stitches.[24] |
| Liceo María Ward in San Ignacio, Ñuble Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was injured during a knife fight. Both perpetrators were suspended.[25] | |
| 15 April 2025 | Liceo Bicentenario de Exelencia Agrícola de Cato in Chillán, Ñuble Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A student approached the school at around 10:00 p.m. and attacked two students with a bladed weapon.[26] |
| 29 May 2025 | Colegio Nuevos Horizontes in San Pedro de la Paz, Biobío Region | S.J.O.G. | 0 | 3 | A 16-year-old shot and wounded a student as retaliation for a previous fight, also injuring two students who tried to detain him. He fled the scene and was later arrested in November.[27] Two other young people were arrested on suspicion of being connected to the crime, as they allegedly stood armed at the entrance of the school to aide in his getaway.[28] |
| 3 June 2025 | Liceo Comercial B72 in Estación Central, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed by a 15-year-old classmate, identified as a Venezuelan immigrant, during a fight. The perpetrator was later arrested.[29] |
| 17 June 2025 | Liceo Municipal Sara Troncoso in Alhué, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 15-year-old student stabbed a 16-year-old classmate without provocation while the latter was eating breakfast. The assailant, a new student, was arrested by police, who confiscated a pocket knife and brass knuckles from his backpack. The victim was taken to a hospital for medical treatment.[30] |
| 7 August 2025 | Instituto Corintio in San Bernardo, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | An 8th-grade student dressed in a white overall entered his school with two Molotov cocktails. He allegedly tried setting one off, but upon failing to due so, severely beat a librarian using the bottle. He was arrested at the scene.[31] |
| 12 September 2025 | Universidad Central de Chile in Santiago, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A person stabbed two students during a party at Central University. The injured are out of danger, and the attacker was arrested by authorities.[32] |
| 13 October 2025 | Centro Educacional Kairos in Curicó, Maule Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A 14-year-old student stabbed a 15-year-old classmate with a knife without provocation, and then punched a teacher in the jaw when he tried to stop him, causing an injury to one of his teeth. He was locked in an office and later arrested by the Investigations Police of Chile.[33] |
| 26 November 2025 | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region | Ángelo Javier Miranda Espinoza (accused) | 0 | 1 | A 24-year-old student, who allegedly suffers from previously-diagnosed medical issues, stabbed and injured his teacher after he flunked him on a test.[34] He was arrested at the scene; In his possession was a 10-centimeter knife and a compressed air gun.[35] |
| 27 March 2026 | Fundación Educacional Obispo Luis Silva Lezaeta in Calama, Antofagasta Region | Hernán Cristóbal Meneses Leal (accused) | 1 | 5[n 2] | Calama school stabbing: An 18-year-old student stabbed two members of his school's staff and three students, killing a 49-year-old regional inspector. He was tackled at the scene and arrested after attempting to commit suicide.[36] |
| 31 March 2026 | Liceo José Victorino Lastarria in Providencia, Metropolitan Region | Three unnamed students | 0 | 1 | A group of students set on fire 2 zones of the school, one of them set on fire the inspectors room, a professor was injured while trying to fight the flames. |
| 1 April 2026 | Escuela Pública República D-54 in Calama, Antofagasta Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student stabbed a 15-year-old classmate before fleeing the scene.[37] |
| 8 April 2026 | Escuela N°332 Montserrat Robert de García in Renca, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A first-grade student was stabbed by a 12-year-old with a knife inside of a school bathroom. |
Notes
References
- ↑ Gaete, Cristian (11 December 2024). "Doble homicidio de las profesoras de Cuñibal: un caso que marcó la historia policial de Los Ángeles". El Contraste (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Bitter lover poisons milk, three children are dead". The San Francisco Examiner. 12 October 1975. p. 23.
- ↑ "Poisoned milk kills children". The Montana Standard. Butte, Montana. 13 October 1975. p. 13.
- ↑ El día inolvidable (Television production) (in Spanish).
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (21 October 2004). "Declaran con discernimiento a menor que asesinó a compañero". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (6 October 2004). "Prisión preventiva para escolar homicida". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ↑ "Comienza juicio de joven que mato a companero de liceo en Santa Juana". UPI Chile (in Spanish). 28 April 2006.
- ↑ Policial, Página (12 May 2006). "página policial: asesino vuelve a casa". página policial. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
- ↑ "Profesor acuchillado por alumno en Temuco registró inesperada recuperación". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Lebu: un escolar terminó en el hospital tras ser atacado con un cuchillo por un compañero". SoyChile. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ SoyChile (26 August 2016). "Alumno fue apuñalado en pleno recreo por uno de sus compañeros en el Liceo Jorge Alessandri de Calama". SoyChile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Presidente Piñera visita a estudiante baleado en colegio de Puerto Montt". prensa.presidencia.cl. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (22 March 2022). "Nuevo caso de violencia escolar: Estudiante de 15 años fue apuñalado en Talca y queda con lesiones de gravedad". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Radio, V. L. N. (18 April 2023). "Con un cuchillo y manoplas: Estudiante fue apuñalado por compañeros a la salida de clases en liceo de Curicó". VLN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ "Alumno fue agredido con un lápiz en el cuello al anterior de un liceo en Copiapó" (in Spanish). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Sánchez, Valentina (31 May 2023). "Escolar de 14 años es detenido por disparar en colegio en Pudahuel". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ↑ Valencia, Jean (22 May 2024). "Grave caso de violencia escolar en Temuco: estudiante fue apuñalado en su espalda al interior de liceo". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Medina, Ruth Cárcamo,Nicolás (10 May 2024). ""Se requiere bastante coraje": director de liceo en Lota espera a sus alumnos en paraderos tras casos de violencia escolar". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Díaz, Joaquín (27 July 2024). "Decretan internación provisoria para adolescente por homicidio frustrado en liceo en Arica: agredió con arma blanca a otro alumno". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (20 August 2024). "Estudiante fue apuñalado al interior de la Universidad de Antofagasta: Autor del ataque fue detenido por Carabineros". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Delgado, Felipe (5 September 2024). "Pelea en liceo de Puente Alto: escolar atropelló a su propia madre y ella apuñaló a otro apoderado". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Batshke, Nayara (23 October 2024). "Molotov cocktail explodes in a Chilean high school, injuring at least 35". Associated Press News. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ↑ Escalona, Jorge (20 March 2025). "Apuñalan a alumno en liceo de Angol". Malleco 7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Dínamo, El. "Lo que se conoce de la agresión que sufrió estudiante de Curicó con una hoja de un sacapuntas: "No hubo preocupación"". El Dínamo | Noticias de Chile y el mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
- ↑ "Violencia escolar en Ñuble: dos agresiones entre estudiantes esta semana preocupan a autoridades". La Discusión (in Spanish). 17 April 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Violencia escolar en Ñuble: dos agresiones entre estudiantes esta semana preocupan a autoridades". La Discusión (in Spanish). 17 April 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Puranoticia. "Internación provisoria para menor de 16 años por balacera en colegio de San Pedro de la Paz | Puranoticia.cl". puranoticia.pnt.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "Balacera en un colegio de Chile abre el debate sobre la seguridad escolar". AP News (in Spanish). 30 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (3 June 2025). "Otro caso de violencia escolar: Estudiante es apuñalado tras una riña en un liceo de Estación Central". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ S.A.P, El Mercurio (17 June 2025). "Nuevo caso de violencia escolar: Menor apuñaló a compañero de 16 años en liceo de Alhué". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Chilevisión. "Alumno habría lanzado bomba molotov al interior de colegio en San Bernardo: Funcionaria terminó herida - Chilevisión". www.chilevision.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ González, Antonio (12 September 2025). "Apuñalan a 2 estudiantes en fiesta prohibida dentro de la Universidad Central: hay un alumno detenido". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Radio, V. L. N. (14 October 2025). "PDI de Curicó detuvo a menor de 14 años que hirió a estudiante con arma blanca y golpeó a apoderado". VLN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
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- ↑ "Revelan el real motivo tras ataque de un estudiante a profesor de la USM en Valparaíso". Canal 13 (in Spanish). 27 November 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ Gálvez, Roberto (27 March 2026). "Estudiante da muerte con arma blanca a profesora de colegio en Calama". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ Donat Sandoval, Gustavo (1 April 2026). "Nuevo ataque en otro colegio de Calama termina con estudiante de 13 años apuñalado". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2026.
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