The minor detained in Jerez attacked the students after having previous "bad experiences" with classmates

The 14-year-old minor arrested for injuring several teachers and students with a knife at the Elena García Armada high school, in the San José Obrero neighborhood of Jerez, “was always alone” and received ridicule from his classmates. This is how the families and students of the center define it, which this Thursday had to be evicted after the teenager pulled out two knives and attacked classmates and teachers, including his teacher, who underwent surgery at the Jerez Hospital after receiving a stab wound in the eye.

The detained young man, according to police sources consulted by El Confidencial, had “bad experiences” with his colleagues in recent days.. The detail becomes relevant in the investigation, since it could have served as an incentive for the young man to attack the rest of the teenagers and teachers this morning.. According to the same sources, which do not detail whether these “bad experiences” were a specific episode or extended over time, the target of the attack was the detainee's classmates with whom he had the conflict, also injuring some teachers who tried to stop the attack. assault.

The center did not have any protocol for action against bullying in this case, despite verbal complaints from some families, among whom there is a certain nervousness after learning what happened. “I'm afraid to go back to school,” said a student after leaving school. The management team will decide throughout the day whether classes will resume tomorrow.

According to the Ministry of Education, “until now there has been no problem of lack of coexistence”, although it has recalled that there is an open investigation and that it will wait for the National Police to complete it.. This morning, the agents continued to interrogate some of the companions of the perpetrator, from 3rd year of ESO.

The reaction of the young man, who, although he was a solitary person, had always been polite and had shown good behavior, was surprising among the students and families. This Thursday, he went to the center with two knives in his backpack, which is why he acted premeditated, an extreme confirmed by the police sources consulted. Several families also state that, on the previous day, the minor would have been involved in a conflict that could have been the trigger for them to act.

In total, three teachers and one student have been treated by medical services and transferred to the Jerez Hospital, according to the balance sheet of the Andalusian Health Service (SAS). The most serious injury is a teacher who was stabbed in the eye and had to undergo emergency surgery. The other two teachers and the student had superficial wounds that were not serious.