Euro International school shooting

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Euro International school shooting
Location Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Date11 December 2007 (2007-12-11)
1:00 pm
Attack type
 School shooting
Weapon.32 Harrison revolver
Deaths1 (Abhishek Tyagi)
PerpetratorAkash Yadav
SentenceYadav:
  • 3 years' juvenile detention

Yadav's father:

  • 1 year's imprisonment

Raj Singh Dalal:

  • 5 years' imprisonment
MotiveRetaliation for personal conflicts and alleged bullying

The Euro International school shooting occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private secondary school in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. [1] The gunman, 14-year-old student Akash Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi. [2] He was sentenced to three years' juvenile detention. [3]

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Background

Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. According to Yadav's family, Tyagi had bullied Yadav's girlfriend, once grabbing her hand against her will. [3] The school had organised sports day on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home early. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday.

Shooting

On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, an imported .32 Harrison pistol [3] that was left unlocked, and brought it to school in a sock [4] before hiding it under a toilet for the rest of the day. [5] At 9.45 am, Yadav's father, property dealer Azad Singh Yadav, arrived home from his morning walk, at which point he realised his firearm (which he had bought from a dealer the previous week along with five loaded cartridges) was missing. He called his two sons (Akash and Sumit) at school, but they denied having anything to do with it. [3]

At 1 pm, the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired at close range four times, hitting once in the temple and two in the chest. [6] Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav (no relation) to fire, but he missed. [2] Tyagi died on his way to the hospital. [6]

Aftermath

That same day, Akash Yadav was sentenced to three years' juvenile detention, whereas his father was sentenced to a year in jail for keeping an unlicensed gun at home. [3] Raj Singh Dalal, his father's friend, with whom he owned the gun, was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, for failing to keep his weapon in safe custody. [7] Yadav was released in 2008 on parole, and later became an organised criminal and gang leader with his brother Sumit. [3] He was accused of murdering a fellow gang member in 2015. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Biswas, Soutik (12 December 2007). "The day terror hit an Indian school". BBC News. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 "'Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy". www.daijiworld.com. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "How a high-profile school killer became a leading don in Haryana's underworld". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Sengupta, Somini (12 December 2007). "In India, a Rare School Shooting Leaves 14-Year-Old Dead".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "School Shootings Exported to India?". ABC News. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Shooting inside Gurgaon school, boy killed". ExpressIndia. 11 December 2007. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  7. ↑ "Euro School shooting: Gun owner jailed". The Times of India. 2 March 2011. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Boy who shot classmate 'kills' again". The Times of India. 26 March 2015. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 29 September 2025.

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