Teacher killed with crossbow in Spain

Funeral services worker removes the body of the teacher from the high school Instituto Joan Fuster after a boy bursted into the school with a dagger and a crossbow in Barcelona. Picture: Alberto Estevez

Funeral services worker removes the body of the teacher from the high school Instituto Joan Fuster after a boy bursted into the school with a dagger and a crossbow in Barcelona. Picture: Alberto Estevez

Published Apr 20, 2015

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Madrid - Spanish police have arrested a minor on suspicion of killing a teacher and wounding four others in an attack at a high school in Barcelona on Monday.

The alleged attacker was aged under 14, a police spokesman said, but he could not immediately confirm that he was a pupil at the school.

It appeared the perpetrator had used a crossbow, police said earlier although this had still to be confirmed.

Firearms have been ruled out.

State new agency EFE also said the perpetrator had carried a knife.

The teacher killed was a male, while students were among those wounded, though none seriously, police said.

Reuters

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