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The Secretary of Education of Coahuila (Sedu) announced that the 59-year-old teacher is out of danger, since the injuries suffered are not serious, while the minor was taken to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
A high school student was arrested by authorities after he stabbed his teacher during class in the municipality of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila.
The events took place yesterday afternoon at the Escuela Secundaria General No. 1 “Rubén Humberto Moreira Flores”, located in the municipality.
The attack was recorded by the school’s security cameras. The video shows the 14-year-old standing in front of the blackboard and next to the teacher. At the moment when the teacher turns her back to him, the minor stabs her in the back several times, and then runs out of the classroom.
According to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), the teacher, identified by authorities as Patricia Eugenia Burciaga Davila, 59, is hospitalized at an ISSSTE clinic.
The teenager was secured by teachers from the school and was also taken to an IMSS hospital, as he sustained a wound to his right hand in the attack.
The Prosecutor’s Office informed that the 14 year-old was taken to the Public Prosecutor’s Office specialized in adolescents to determine his legal situation.
According to authorities, the teacher is out of danger.
The Coahuila Secretary of Education (Sedu) announced that the 59-year-old teacher is out of danger, as her injuries are not serious.
In addition, it notified that the incident is already being investigated by the corresponding authorities to determine the responsibility and make the consignment to the corresponding instance.
Sedu announced that due to the aggression, it will strengthen Operation Backpack, which consists of checking students’ belongings to avoid accidents, as well as crime prevention actions.
