2015 Barcelona school attack

2015 Barcelona school attack

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| time = 9:20 – 9:40
| time = 9:20 – 9:40
| timezone =
| timezone =
| type = [[Stabbing]], [[crossbow]] attack, attempted [[arson]]
| type = [[Slashing (crime)|Slashing]], [[crossbow]] attack, attempted [[arson]]
| fatalities = 1
| fatalities = 1
| injuries = 4
| injuries = 4
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==Attack==
==Attack==
The student shot a Spanish-language teacher in the face and shot the daughter of the teacher in the leg with a modified crossbow using homemade projectiles. 35-year-old Abel Martínez Oliva, a substitute teacher, confronted the student and was fatally stabbed in the chest with the machete. The student then stabbed another student in the leg before he was confronted by the school's [[physical education]] teacher, David Jurado Fernández{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20150421/54430072792/ultima-leccion-heroicidad-profesor-fallecido.html |title=La última lección de heroicidad del profesor fallecido |first=Javier |last=Ricou |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}{{cite news |url=https://www.larazon.es/sociedad/el-primer-profesor-que-muere-en-espana-a-manos-de-un-alumno-GD9500822/ |title=El primer profesor que muere en España a manos de un alumno |first=E. |last=Magariños |date=20 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[La Razón (Spain)|La Razón]] |language=es}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/i-hugged-classroom-killer-and-he-started-to-cry-said-hero-teacher-92sngk8prdr |title=I hugged classroom killer and he started to cry, said hero teacher |first=Graham |last=Keeley |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}{{Cite news |last=Rubio |first=Cristina |date=20 April 2025 |title=Diez años del 'niño de la ballesta', el crimen "inédito y excepcional" de un alumno contra un profesor en Barcelona |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2025/04/20/680155dffc6c838f7d8b4572.html |access-date=18 April 2026 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language=es}}
The student shot a Spanish-language teacher in the face and shot the daughter of the teacher in the leg with a modified crossbow using homemade projectiles. 35-year-old Abel Martínez Oliva, a substitute teacher, confronted the student and was fatally slashed in the chest with the machete. The student then slashed another student in the leg before he was confronted by the school's [[physical education]] teacher, David Jurado Fernández{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20150421/54430072792/ultima-leccion-heroicidad-profesor-fallecido.html |title=La última lección de heroicidad del profesor fallecido |first=Javier |last=Ricou |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[La Vanguardia]] |language=es}}{{cite news |url=https://www.larazon.es/sociedad/el-primer-profesor-que-muere-en-espana-a-manos-de-un-alumno-GD9500822/ |title=El primer profesor que muere en España a manos de un alumno |first=E. |last=Magariños |date=20 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[La Razón (Spain)|La Razón]] |language=es}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/i-hugged-classroom-killer-and-he-started-to-cry-said-hero-teacher-92sngk8prdr |title=I hugged classroom killer and he started to cry, said hero teacher |first=Graham |last=Keeley |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=28 February 2025 |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}{{Cite news |last=Rubio |first=Cristina |date=20 April 2025 |title=Diez años del 'niño de la ballesta', el crimen "inédito y excepcional" de un alumno contra un profesor en Barcelona |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2025/04/20/680155dffc6c838f7d8b4572.html |access-date=18 April 2026 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |language=es}}


According to Jurado, he found the student in the second-floor classroom with a knife, a crossbow, a backpack, and manipulating a beer bottle to make a Molotov cocktail. Jurado then told the student that he was hurting more people than he realized and asked him to show him what he had in his backpack. The student did, then collapsed in tears into Jurado's arms.{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Harriet |date=21 April 2015 |title=Barcelona crossbow attack: 'He collapsed sobbing like a child' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/11552132/Barcelona-crossbow-attack-He-collapsed-sobbing-like-a-child.html |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (newspaper)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=12 March 2019 |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group Limited]]}} Jurado then sat with the student in the classroom until the police arrived.{{cite news |last=Navarro |first=Mayka |date=21 April 2015 |title="Lo abracé y empezó a llorar" |url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20150420/el-profesor-de-educacion-fisica-relata-como-subio-a-la-segunda-planta-para-ver-que-sucedia-y-logro-desarmar-al-nino-con-palabras-4118013 |newspaper=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]] |access-date=12 March 2019 |publisher=Grupo Zeta}}
According to Jurado, he found the student in the second-floor classroom with a knife, a crossbow, a backpack, and manipulating a beer bottle to make a Molotov cocktail. Jurado then told the student that he was hurting more people than he realized and asked him to show him what he had in his backpack. The student did, then collapsed in tears into Jurado's arms.{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Harriet |date=21 April 2015 |title=Barcelona crossbow attack: 'He collapsed sobbing like a child' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/11552132/Barcelona-crossbow-attack-He-collapsed-sobbing-like-a-child.html |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (newspaper)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=12 March 2019 |publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group Limited]]}} Jurado then sat with the student in the classroom until the police arrived.{{cite news |last=Navarro |first=Mayka |date=21 April 2015 |title="Lo abracé y empezó a llorar" |url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20150420/el-profesor-de-educacion-fisica-relata-como-subio-a-la-segunda-planta-para-ver-que-sucedia-y-logro-desarmar-al-nino-con-palabras-4118013 |newspaper=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]] |access-date=12 March 2019 |publisher=Grupo Zeta}}