School violence
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.
The Chilean government met on Tuesday to address recent school violence and announced it will introduce one or two bills on Monday or Tuesday next, when Congress resumes. Ministers José García Ruminot, Trinidad Steinert, and María Paz Arzola took part in the meeting, focusing on incidents like a fatal attack on an inspector and molotov cocktails in a school.
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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.