2023 Jerez de la Frontera school stabbing

On September 28, 2023, a stabbing occurred at Elena García Armada Institute in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain, when a 14-year-old student identified as Saúl, stabbed 3 teachers and 2 pupils, injuring them using 2 knives, the suspect was later found in the school and arrested.^[1]

Jerez de la Frontera school stabbing
Location	Elena García Armada Institute in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain
Date	September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)
Target	Students and pupils
Attack type	School attack, stabbing, mass stabbing
Weapons	2 kitchen knives
Deaths	0
Injured	5
Accused	Saúl, 14

Stabbing

At approximately 8:10 a.m.,^[2][1] an aggravated teenager entered Elana García Armada Institute and around 5 minutes later, entered in a classroom retrieved 2 kitchen knives from his bag and reportedly told a student “I will kill you”^[3][4][1] before slashing and stabbing at students. A teacher attempted to intervene and sustained serious eye injuries that required surgery,^[5][1] another teacher was injured while attempted to aid the other one.^[3]

Police entered the school and arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of the stabbing, he was found carrying 2 knives on the third floor of the building.^[2]

Accused

A 14-year-old boy identified as Saúl was arrested on the third floor of the school carrying the 2 knives in suspicion of the stabbing.^[2][3] The boy required special education, classmates described him as a calm person who “didn’t talk often” and reported that in the days before the attack he had suffered from an unspecified incident and that other classmates would make jokes about him.^[1]

See also

• Lists of school-related attacks
• Barcelona school killing