Calama
Student kills inspector in Calama school
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An 18-year-old student stabbed to death inspector María Victoria Reyes and injured four people at Instituto Obispo Silva Lezaeta in Calama on Friday. Authorities suspended classes at the school and announced urgency for a bill to bolster school security. The teachers' union president called for more education funding amid rising violence.
An 18-year-old student attacked members of the Instituto Obispo Silva Lezaeta community in Calama with a bladed weapon on Friday, killing a 59-year-old inspector and injuring a teaching assistant and three students. The attacker was detained in flagrancy by Carabineros after being restrained by teachers. Local authorities declared three days of communal mourning and President José Antonio Kast sent ministers to the site.