Monday, October 21, 2013

Secondary Violence

From Wikipedia:
"List of attacks related to secondary schools"

- January 10, 2013 Taft, California, United States
 A gunman entered a science classroom of Taft Union High School with a 12 gauge shotgun and opened fire. A 16-year-old male student, identified as Bowe Cleveland, was shot in the chest and critically wounded. Another student was shot at, but was not hit. The classroom teacher, Ryan Heber, convinced him to drop his weapon, and the gunman followed his order and was later arrested. Additionally, Heber suffered a minor wound from being grazed by a shotgun pellet during the ordeal. The gunman is suspected to be a 16-year-old student of the school, Bryan Oliver. Cleveland and the other student that was shot at are both believed to be intended targets of the gunman. On January 14, Oliver was charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm.

- January 16, 2013 Spring Township, Pennsylvania, United States
 14-year-old male student  1 injured A 14-year-old male student stabbed another 14-year-old male student four times with a pocketknife at Wilson Southern Middle School. The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The school and an adjacent elementary school went on lock down, and the assailant was arrested after fleeing from the school. The assailant was tried as a juvenile for attempted homicide. In February 2013, he was sentenced to 12 months at a juvenile treatment facility. He will receive periodical evaluation after his sentence finishes.
- January 31, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
 A 14-year-old male student was shot and wounded in the back of the neck at Price Middle School. The gunman, a student, was believed to be arguing with the other student before taking out a handgun and firing multiple shots at him. In addition, a teacher was injured during the shooting. Afterward, the gunman was disarmed by a school resource officer and subsequently apprehended. The suspect was charged with aggravated assault.

- March, 2013 Cape Town, South Africa  
 A grade nine Oscar Mpetha High School was stabbed twice in the stomach and sustained cuts to the head.
- April 25, 2013 Mankgodi, Botswana
Student charged  1 injured A student was stabbed and severely wounded at Thobega Junior Secondary School by another student.

- May 14, 2013 Cape Town, South Africa 
 1 dead  17-year-old Enrico Martin was shot in the head while he was entering Spes Bona High School. He later died in a hospital. Authorities believe that the attack was gang-related. No arrests have been made.

- July 6, 2013 Yobe State, Nigeria
Multiple gunmen 42 dead 6 injured Yobe State school shooting: Suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on students and deployed explosives before setting the building on fire. 42 were killed.
- August 26, 2013 North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Six male suspects  3 injured Six non-student suspects robbed and pistol whipped a juvenile student for his cell phone at Canyon Springs High School. The suspects then pistol whipped a second student. Afterward, another student was beaten in a brawl with the suspects in the school parking lot. One of the students struck by the handgun suffered fractures to his skull, cheekbone, and ribs. Six suspects were arrested, and face charges of robbery and battery with a deadly weapon.

- September 1, 2013 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
18-year-old male suspect  1 injured A 15-year-old student was shot in the neck and shoulder at Carver High School. The student was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. An 18-year-old student was arrested by a school resource officer and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, carrying a concealed gun, possessing and discharging a firearm, and carrying a firearm onto educational property. The shooting is believed to be the result of an on-going dispute between the suspect and the victim.
- September 4, 2013 Spring, Texas, United States
 17-year-old student charged 1 dead 3 injured Spring High School stabbing. A 17-year-old student was stabbed to death at Spring High School, and three others were injured. Luis Alonzo Alfaro age 17, was charged with murder. Alfaro admitted pulling a knife during the fight and stabbing four people.

- September 20, 2013 Vereeniging, South Africa
 A student shot a teacher in the leg at Sasolburg High School. A Grade 9 student was arrested.

- September 24, 2013 Greeneville, Tennessee, United States
Student charged  1 injured A 15-year-old student was stabbed and injured at South Greene High School before classes started. Students subdued the assailant until staff members arrived on scene. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition. The suspect, a student, was charged with attempted first-degree murder. There is no decision on if the suspect will be tried as an adult, until his court date at November 7, 2013.
- October 3, 2013 Cape Town, South Africa 
 A New Eisleben High School student, 17-year-old Anele Mhawuli, was stabbed and fatally wounded. The incident was believed to be gang-related.

- October 8, 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa 
At Kgothalang Secondary School, a 17-year-old pupil was stabbed in the chest, shoulder and abdomen during break time. He died at the scene. The alleged killer, a Grade 10 pupil, jumped over the school fence and fled.
- October 10, 2013 Oulu, Finland
16-year-old male suspect  4 injured A 16-year-old Myllytulli vocational school student stabbed 3 girls and a janitor during lunch hour. The suspect had been questioned by the police in February for a school shooting threat he had made on the internet.

- October 21, 2013 Sparks, Nevada, United States
 Student, name withheld 2 dead 2 injured Sparks Middle School shooting. At approximately 7:15 am, a student opened fire at Sparks Middle School, killing a teacher and wounding two students. The two students are hospitalized in critical condition. The gunman then committed suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Students from the middle school were placed into an adjacent elementary school, and students from both schools were held at Sparks High School, where they are waiting for their guardians to pick them up.

 ^ In this list (unlike the elementary school list) the United States has the most high school/secondary school violence. I only added the incidents from this year because the list was too long. What this list also shows is South Africa closely behind. ^

 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_related_to_secondary_schools

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