The following is a list of school attacks in Chile, including stabbings and shootings that took place in daycare centers, schools, universities and other educational centers. Excluded from this list are the following:
| Date | Location | Perpetrator | Dead | Injured | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December 1966 | Escuela N°122 "Las Hortensias" in Los Ángeles, Biobío Region | Aladino Burgos Figueroa José Ángel Rodríguez Cifuentes | 2 | 0 | Burgos, a 16-year-old ex-student, accompanied by his 26-year-old friend, robbed two teachers before beating them to death (slitting one of their throats as well), both as witness elimination and as retaliation, as one of the teachers had previously humiliated Burgos, by reading a letter from his girlfriend out loud to a class. They were both later arrested and sentenced to undisclosed prison terms. [1] |
| 8 October 1975 | Escuela N°11 de Huequén in Angol, Araucanía Region | María Jesús Riffo Sandoval | 3 | 40 | A 48-year-old school cook poisoned milk and cereal intended for students with arsenic to try and blame it on a different worker, as they were both in love with the same man. [2] [3] She was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, and was eventually released after 17 years. [4] |
| 17 December 1999 | Liceo B-29 and Liceo Eduardo de la Barra in Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region | Iván Jesús Arancibia Navarro | 3 | 1 [n 1] | Valparaíso school shootings: Recently dismissed physics professor Iván Arancibia Navarro killed three people in two different high schools, including his own three-year-old infant daughter, before attempting suicide by gunshot. He was later declared not guilty by reason of insanity |
| 27 September 2004 | Liceo Nueva Zelandia in Santa Juana, Biobío Region | Fernando Octavio Fernández Luna | 1 | 0 | Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, 17-year-old Fernando Fernández lured Ángelo Zúñiga Faúndez into a bathroom, where he shot and killed him as revenge in a love conflict. [5] [6] [7] Due to his status as a minor at the tine, he was ultimately sentenced to 4 years' parole. [8] |
| 9 August 2005 | Liceo Particular España in Temuco, Araucanía Region | I.H.C. | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student stabbed his teacher, Carlos Reyes, in the neck, claiming to have been under Satanic possession at the time. [9] |
| 8 December 2015 | Colegio Fresia Graciela Müller Ruiz in Lebu, Biobío Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student attacked another student with a knife, stabbing him at least four times during a fight. He was arrested. [10] |
| 26 August 2016 | Liceo Jorge Alessandri in Calama, Antofagasta Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A fight between students ended with one of the students involved being stabbed and requiring emergency transport to the local hospital. The other student involved was arrested. [11] |
| 16 March 2019 | Escuela de Caballeria Blindada in Iquique, Tarapacá Region | Marco Antonio Velásquez González | 3 [n 2] | 0 | Iquique military school shooting: An 18-year-old cadet fatally shot a corporal and a superior officer before committing suicide. |
| 27 May 2019 | Patagonia College in Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region | M.D.A.C. | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student fired three times with a .32 revolver (stolen from his grandfather, a retired policeman), wounding a classmate, before trying to escape and being detained. In a note left by him at home, he claimed to have planned out a massive attack, inspired by the Columbine High School massacre. [12] |
| 23 August 2022 | Liceo Comercial in Valdivia, Los Ríos Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A female student was stabbed during a fight by another young woman. [13] |
| 23 April 2024 | Escuela Industrial Salesianos in Copiapó, Atacama Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed with a pencil during lunchtime. Initial reports indicate that the victim had an argument with another student while they were on school grounds, and the victim was then attacked in the neck area with a pencil. Emergency personnel arrived at the scene to provide first aid and transport the victim to a medical facility. [14] |
| 31 May 2023 | Liceo Centro Educacional Pudahuel C-87 inPudahuel, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student fired a gun in class. No one was directly hit, but a teacher suffered acoustic trauma. A second firearm, along with drugs, were found in the student's backpack. [15] |
| 22 May 2024 | Instituto Superior de Comercio in Temuco, Araucanía Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 17-year-old student was attacked by at least two classmates at school. He sustained a back wound. [16] The two attackers were expelled from the school but not arrested. |
| 17 April 2024 | Liceo Bicentenario Carlos Cousiño Goyenechea in Lota, Biobío Region | Unnamed | 1 | 0 | A 16-year-old student was stabbed just outside the school (dying 2 days later) by another teenager from a different school. The suspect was arrested at the scene. [17] [18] |
| 9 May 2024 | Liceo Bicentenario Carlos Cousiño Goyenechea in Lota, Biobío Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed and injured in school grounds. [19] |
| 27 July 2024 | Liceo Antonio Varas de la Barra B-4, Arica, Arica y Parinacota Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | Two groups of students were involved in a fight, during which one student pulled out a bladed weapon and stabbed another student. He was arrested and changed with attempted murder. [20] |
| 20 August 2024 | Universidad de Antofagasta in Antofagasta, Antofagasta Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed by a classmate during a fight. [21] |
| 5 September 2024 | Colegio Nueva Era Siglo XXI in Puente Alto, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A fight broke out between two students, which school staff tried to break up. The mother of one of the two students stabbed a staff member before her son ran over both of them. Seven people in total were arrested. [22] |
| 23 October 2024 | Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Quinta Normal, Metropolitan Region | Unknown | 0 | 35 | 34 students and a teacher were injured when a home-made Molotov cocktail firebomb exploded inside school. The perpetrator has never been caught. [23] |
| 21 March 2025 | Liceo Politécnico Juanita Fernández Solar in Angol, Araucanía Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 10th grade student was stabbed eight times on a staircase at the school at the start of recess. Police arrived at the scene and arrested another student from the same school as the suspected perpetrator. [24] |
| 14 April 2025 | Liceo María Ward in San Ignacio, Ñuble Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student were injured after a knife fight. [25] |
| 15 April 2025 | Liceo Agrícola de Cato in Chillán, Ñuble Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A student approached the school at around 10:00 p.m. and attacked two students with a bladed weapon. [26] |
| 29 May 2025 | Colegio Nuevos Horizontes in San Pedro de la Paz, Biobío Region | S.J.O.G. | 0 | 3 | A 16-year-old shot and wounded a student as retaliation for a previous fight, also injuring two students who tried to detain him. He fled the scene and was later arrested in November. [27] Two other young people were arrested on suspicion of being connected to the crime, as they allegedly stood armed at the entrance of the school to aide in his getaway. [28] |
| 3 June 2025 | Liceo Comercial B72 in Estación Central, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A student was stabbed by a 15-year-old classmate, identified as a Venezuelan immigrant, during a fight. The perpetrator was later arrested. [29] |
| 17 June 2025 | Liceo Municipal Sara Troncoso de Alhué in Alhué, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | A 15-year-old student stabbed a 16-year-old classmate without provocation while the latter was eating breakfast. The assailant, a new student, was arrested by police, who confiscated a pocket knife and brass knuckles from his backpack. The victim was taken to a hospital for medical treatment. [30] |
| 7 August 2025 | Instituto Corintio in San Bernardo, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 1 | An 8th-grade student dressed in a white overall entered his school with two Molotov cocktails. He allegedly tried setting one off, but upon failing to due so, severely beat a librarian using the bottle. He was arrested at the scene. [31] |
| 12 September 2025 | Universidad Central de Chile in Santiago, Metropolitan Region | Unnamed | 0 | 2 | A person stabbed two students during a party at Central University. The injured are out of danger, and the attacker was arrested by authorities. [32] |
| 16 October 2025 | Liceo Guillermo Rivera Cotapos in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso Region | Unnamed | 1 | 0 | A 16-year-old student, was stabbed to death at the school's exit by three unknown assailants, who then fled the scene. [33] |
| 26 November 2025 | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region | Ángelo Javier Miranda Espinoza | 0 | 1 | A 24-year-old student, who allegedly suffers from previously-diagnosed medical issues, stabbed and injured his teacher after he flunked him on a test. [34] He was arrested at the scene; In his possession was a 10-centimeter knife and a compressed air gun. [35] |
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