List of school attacks in Argentina

The following is a list of '''school attacks in''''''Argentina''', including stabbings and shootings that took place in daycare centers, schools, universities and other educational centers. Excluded from this list are the following:

1. Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions
2. Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person.

List

Date	Location	Perpetrator	Dead	Injured	Description
6 May 1997	Escuela de Educación Secundaria Técnica "Manuel Belgrano" in Buenos Aires	Unnamed	0	1	A 19-year-old student shot and injured a 21-year-old classmate in the arm with a .32-caliber handgun during an argument relating to football teams. [1]
9 May 1997	Escuela Media N° 2 in Burzaco, Buenos Aires Province	Leonardo Aguirre	1	0	A 14-year-old student stole his father's Argentine National Gendarmerie service weapon, which he had been carrying around for alleged self-defense, and shot his classmate, Cristian Fernández, to death, by accident. He was charged with manslaughter. [1]
4 August 2000	Escuela de Enseñanza Media N° 9 in Rafael Calzada, Buenos Aires Province	Javier Ignacio Romero	1	1	Rafael Calzada school shooting: A 19-year-old former student shot one classmate dead and injured another before fleeing back home, where he was then arrested.
11 December 2000	Complejo Educativo San Antonio de Padua in Olavarría, Buenos Aires Province	Unnamed	1	0	A 15-year-old stabbed his physics teacher to death after she flunked him in a test. [2]
23 May 2001	Escuela N° 39 "Justo Jose de Urquiza" in Melchor Romero, Buenos Aires Province	Unnamed	1	0	A 15-year-old stabbed a 19-year-old after they had a discussion on school safety and possible security flaws. [2]
24 April 2003	Escuela Sendas Verdes in Buenos Aires	Alberto Gristaldi	1	0	A 51-year-old man entered a private school and shot his 48-year-old wife, who worked there as an administrator, twelve times with a .38 handgun, killing her on the spot. [3]
28 September 2004	Instituto N° 202 "Islas Malvinas" in Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province	Rafael Solich	3	5	Carmen de Patagones school shooting: A 15-year-old student shot three classmates to death along with injuring another five before being tackled and taken into custody. He could not be persecuted due to his young age.
18 September 2007	Escuela Normal "Julio Argentina Roca" in Monteros, Tucumán	José Miguel García	1	0	A 19-year-old student stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death. [4]
15 April 2015	Jardín de Infantes "Estrellas Traviesas" in San Francisco, Córdoba Province	Mauro Bongiovanni	1	0	A 45-year-old man, after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, entered the daycare center where his ex-wife, 44, worked and slit her throat with a kitchen knife in front of all the children aged 3 and 4 in her care. In August 2016, the attacker was sentenced to life imprisonment. [5]
31 August 2018	Colegio Parroquial San Francisco de Asís in Córdoba, Córdoba Province	Unnamed	0	1	A secondary student stabbed a 14-year-old classmate in the ear with scissors during a fight. [6]
1 April 2025	Escuela de Educación Primaria N° 5 "Jorge A. Susini" in Ensenada, Buenos Aires Province	Unnamed	0	2	A 17-year-old stabbed two classmates, 12- and 16-year-old siblings, in the face. [7]
7 April 2025	Laferrère, La Matanza, Buenos Aires Province	Unnamed	0	1	A 14-year-old girl stabbed a classmate in the head with a knife at a private school. [8]

References

1. "Un alumno mató a otro de un balazo". LA NACION (in Spanish). 10 May 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
2. "Dramáticos testimonios de un día impensable". LA NACION (in Spanish). 29 September 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
3. Paikin, Damián (24 April 2003). "El hombre que mató a su mujer de doce balazos en un colegio privado". Página 12 (in Spanish).
4. "Tucumán: una estudiante fue degollada al salir de clase". infobae (in European Spanish). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
5. ""Marita" Lanzetti: se cumplen siete años del femicidio que marcó a la ciudad". El Periódico - San Francisco (in Spanish). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
6. "Un alumno apuñaló a otro con una tijera: está en grave estado". infobae (in European Spanish). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
7. "Terror en una escuela de Ensenada: un adolescente apuñaló a dos chicos en pleno horario escolar". 0221 (in Spanish). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
8. "Una alumna de un colegio privado de Laferrere atacó con una navaja a una compañera | Sospechaba que se burlaban de ella". Página/12 (in Spanish). 7 April 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.