Mexico (AFP) - Two 18-year-olds attacked a school in Mexico, where they killed the vice principal and injured three other people using knives and presumably some type of explosive, the local prosecutor reported this Thursday.
First modification: 02/10/2026 - 17:46
The attackers are brothers and former students of the school, located in the northern city of Torreón, state of Coahuila, bordering the United States.
"Evidently it is a brutal attack," state prosecutor Federico Fernández told reporters, who ruled out the use of firearms "for now."
According to the official, the young people entered the premises and attacked first the administrative authorities and then some students.
A report from the local newspaper El Universal reports that the attackers arrived and threatened to attack the women. The noise and crashes alerted local residents who rushed to the scene and managed to arrest them.
"The motive that they preliminarily indicate was a matter of feelings against the (school) campus," said Fernández.
The prosecutor explained that, in addition to knives, the attackers used "some kind of firecrackers," but not high-powered explosives.
He indicated that at least one of the injured is in "serious condition."
Meanwhile, the federal Security Cabinet reported on its social networks that it is collaborating with the Coahuila authorities to clarify the crime.
In Mexico, a country hit by organized crime violence, attacks on schools are very rare, unlike what happens in its neighbor the United States.
The most recent precedent is from March, when a 15-year-old student was arrested in the troubled state of Michoacán (west), accused of shooting to death two teachers at a private school.
Men linked to this group have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks around the world in the past.
In September 2025, Lex Ashton Cañedo, a 19-year-old student, attacked and killed a 16-year-old classmate with a knife and injured a worker at a public high school in Mexico City.
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