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Deadly school attack in Barcelona, Spain

A Spanish student reportedly armed with a crossbow and a knife killed a teacher and wounded four others at a school in Barcelona, police and witnesses said Monday.

The unidentified boy, who local media say was 13, was detained by police as a suspect after the attack that also saw two other teachers and two students injured.

The deadly incident, which took place just after 9.30 a.m., sowed terror in the high school in a working class neighborhood of Spain's second largest city. School attacks are extremely rare in Spain. (AP)


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