students of the Patricio Aylwin Industrial High School of the commune of Saint Bernard They staged a very violent fight a few meters from the establishment.
in the showdown several shots were fired plus, an official was injured with white weapon.
In San Bernardo, students from the Liceo Industrial staged a fight outside the campus where there were shots and a school official was stabbed. Classes were suspended until Monday at the establishment. #CooperativeWithYou pic.twitter.com/FmDZHeaCnM
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“When we felt that they were arguing at the exit of the establishment, we went out to contain the situation, but I, who have been in this high school for 33 years and as inspector general for nine years, have never seen this level of violence“commented the Inspector Nelida Puelles.
“It is not a common issue in this high school and you will understand that we have had two years of school absence. There is a deschooling on the part of the students, therefore, there is a process of maladjustment of them and also of the officials”, he affirmed Waldo Castrodirector of the high school.
As reported in a statement by the management of the establishment, the incident occurred at the end of the school day and was aggravated by “the arrival of unknown vehicles from which shots were fired”for which the Carabineros were alerted.
The school also reported that the alcalde Cristopher Whitetogether with the general undersecretary of the Education and Health Corporation of the commune, They decided to suspend classes this Friday March 18th.
“We are already carrying out actions with Carabineros to reach all the people who have been part of this situation and, of course, if the educational community establishes it, we are not going to have two speeches and the students are going to have to be expelled, because our municipal schools are not going to allow this type of situation”warned the communal chief.
“Undoubtedly, this escapes any municipality and any public school, therefore, we have asked the Undersecretary for Crime Prevention, tomorrow at 8:30 a.m., a special meeting to talk, because we need support,” said the mayor.