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Another 14-year-old arrested with a gun at Georgia’s Apalachee High School after deadly shooting A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after a school shooting, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File) WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student has been arrested after bringing a gun on Wednesday to Apalachee High School, the same Georgia high school where a shooting in September killed two teachers and two students and wounded others. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said school resource officers arrested the boy “without incident” Wednesday afternoon at the school in Winder, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta. Deputies said the student was “cooperative and compliant when encountered by law enforcement officers and there have been no reports of the student threatening anyone with the gun.” The student, who wasn’t named because of his age, was taken to a juvenile detention center in Gainesville. He’s charged with two counts of possessing a weapon on school grounds, theft and being a minor in possession of a gun. Deputies didn’t say what kind of gun was seized. Authorities said the student was arrested shortly after 2 p.m. at school, but they did not say when he arrived or release details of the circumstances of the arrest. The Barrow County school district canceled classes on Thursday at the high school with nearly 2,000 students, located about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of downtown Atlanta. The Sept. 4 shooting killed teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire. Colt Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult after the September shooting and was indicted on 55 counts, including murder and 25 counts of aggravated assault at the high school. He has pleaded not guilty. His father, Colin Gray, was indicted on 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, based on prosecutors’ contention that Colin Gray let his son access guns and ammunition “after receiving sufficient warning” that the boy would harm others. Colin Gray has also pleaded not guilty. Full story at The Associated Press (January 2025)
Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ began swinging hammer in classroom A Hosei University banner near a campus entrance in Tokyo, Japan, after the hammer attack on Friday. Eight students received medical treatment. Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images Eight Tokyo university students attacked with a hammer in a classroom were recuperating and none required hospitalisation, their school said. A 22-year-old student who identified herself as South Korean was arrested on the spot on Friday on suspicion of assault, a Tokyo police spokesperson said. Several reports had said people were seen bleeding from the head after the attack, which public broadcaster NHK said had been motivated by frustration over bullying, citing investigative sources. The attacker began swinging a hammer in the classroom “all of a sudden”, a student who witnessed the incident told Japanese broadcaster TV Asahi. “Everyone was panicking. I was so scared at first that my hands were shaking.” The eight who were hurt received medical treatment and ended up requiring no hospitalisation, Hosei University said in a statement late on Friday. “We will cooperate with police investigations and care for students and faculty shocked by the incident,” the institution said, adding efforts would be made to “ensure campus safety”. Full story at The Guardian (January 2025)
China student honoured for carrying classmate on his back to safety during quake Youngster acts on instinct, returns to shaking classroom to save fellow student from ravages of 4.6 magnitude tremor By Alice Yan Internet users in China have heaped praise on a secondary school student who carried an injured classmate on his back to escape an earthquake. Netizens have also given his school a pat on the back for giving the student an ample reward for his heroics. The quake, estimated to be of a magnitude of 4.6, hit Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region in north-central China at 16:43 on January 2, reported the state broadcaster CCTV. Video surveillance records show students at Yinchuan Foreign Language Experimental School rushing out of their classroom when it hit. Some terrified students panicked and screamed, according to the video footage. Guo Qing, a secondary school student, was also seen standing up from his seat and walking quickly towards the door of a classroom. However, when he saw the boy who usually sits behind him unable to move freely he returned without hesitation. Guo put the boy on his back and left the classroom. The pair were among the last to evacuate, the surveillance clip showed. “I encountered an earthquake for the first time. I was shocked and frightened at that time,” Guo was quoted as saying. “I did not think too much. It was just instinctive. I could not leave my classmate behind. “When I took my classmate to a square where other classmates were assembling, I found my hands were shaking. But all of us were intact. That was good,” he said. Days later, the school held a ceremony to reward Guo’s heroism. Besides conferring an “Excellent Student” title on Guo, the school has exempted all his tuition fees for his remaining one and a half years of study at the institute and given him a 9,000 yuan (US$1,200) cash award. The school has also promised to send Guo to study at a German university if he achieves a good score at China’s national university entrance exam in June next year. All the expenses for his overseas study will be covered by the school. Full story at South China Morning Post (January 2025)
Police say 10 people killed in Sweden school campus shooting By Johanna Chisholm The attack in Orebro has been described as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history" Police say 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described Tuesday's attack at Risbergska school in Orebro, 200km (124 miles) west of the capital city Stockholm, as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history". Police said the suspect is also dead and is believed to have acted alone. They added that the motive was still unclear but ruled out anything "ideological". "It is difficult to take in the magnitude of what has happened today," Kristersson said at an evening news conference. Police earlier warned the death toll could continue to rise as several people had been injured. In a statement on Wednesday morning, police said the number of injured remains unclear. Police heard reports of a shooting taking place at Risbergska school - an adult education centre - at 12:33 local time (11:33 GMT). The facility sits on a campus that is home to other schools. These centres are attended primarily by people who have not finished primary or secondary school. Earlier, students at several nearby schools were being kept indoors "for security purposes". "We don't want members of the public to go there," Orebro police chief Roberto Eid Forest warned. The justice minister, who appeared alongside the prime minister on Tuesday evening, shared his condolences for those affected by the "tragedy" and reassured citizens that schools in the country would be safe to return to on Wednesday. "[I've] never seen a school shooting of this magnitude," Gunnar Strommer said. Nearby hospitals had cleared their emergency rooms and intensive care units to free up space for patients, local media reported. Full story at BBC News (February 2025)
Week after CBI arrested 10 in NAAC ‘bribery scam’, Andhra university at centre of row barred from accreditation for 5 years A deemed-to-be university, KLEF had secured the highest grade of A++ during NAAC’s last assessment in 2018. The grade was two notches above the A grade it was awarded in 2013. The university was now up for reassessment for which the council's inspection was underway. The CBI arrested 10 people, including KLEF's Vice-Chancellor G P Saradhi Varma, and two other office-bearers, along with six members and the chairperson of the NAAC inspection team earlier his month. (Image: luniversity.in) The Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Andhra Pradesh, in the spotlight after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested its office-bearers for allegedly bribing members of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection team for a favourable grade, has been debarred from accreditation for five years. The Council made the announcement Saturday. A deemed-to-be university, KLEF had secured the highest grade of A++ during NAAC’s last assessment in 2018. The grade was two notches above the A grade it was awarded in 2013. The university was now up for reassessment for which the council’s inspection was underway. A public autonomous body of the University Grants Commission, NAAC assesses and accredits higher education institutions in India. It assesses higher education institutions based on parameters like infrastructure, teaching and evaluation, and research and innovation, and scores them in terms of a cumulative grade point average (CGPA). NAAC grades are widely regarded as a marker of quality, with institutions prominently displaying them. According to UGC regulations, this is meant to “enable students and other stakeholders to make informed choices”. The CBI arrested 10 people, including KLEF’s Vice-Chancellor G P Saradhi Varma, and two other office-bearers, along with six members and the chairperson of the NAAC inspection team earlier his month. The CBI’s FIR in the case says that the institute was scheduled for an inspection from January 29 to 31 for its NAAC “re-accreditation” for the 2024-29 period. Going by the FIR, Varma allegedly approached NAAC officials through L. Manjunatha Rao, former deputy advisor, NAAC, and M. Hanumanthappa, professor and director (IQAC-NAAC), Department of Computer Science and Applications, Bangalore University, “to explore ways and means for inclusion of known members in the formation of NAAC inspection team.” NAAC’s Executive Committee headed by Anil Sahasrabuddhe held an emergency meeting two days ago in which it was decided to debar KLEF from accreditation for five years. Full story at The Indian Express (February 2025)
Student flies in to sit for STPM SIBU: A Penan student from the deep interior of Ulu Baram had to be airlifted to sit for her STPM exam as the only road in her village had collapsed after heavy rain. Syafinaz Deng, 20, was stranded in her village of Apau Nyaring and needed to return to her boarding school as all boarding students were instructed to return early to prepare for STPM. She said it was by chance that there was a flight back to Miri after it delivered dry food supplies to her village, which had been cut off from communication for two weeks. “I would like to thank the villagers for requesting the pilot’s assistance to fly me to Marudi so that I would not miss the exam,” said the student of SMK Marudi. To the rescue: Syafinaz with James before flying off to Marudi. Her STPM Semester 3 exam is scheduled for today. Utusan Sarawak reported that the helicopter pilot, Capt James Dario Canero, flew Syafinaz to Marudi on Friday. The “mission” was carried out via a Hornbills Skyway which was sending food supplies to Long Liaw, Apau Nyaring and Long Kerong. The helicopter landed at Marudi to drop off Syafinaz before flying back to its base in Miri. Full story at The Star (February 2025)
Teacher stabs 8-year-old student to death at elementary school in Daejeon A police car is seen near the elementary school where the victims were found in Daejeon, Monday. Photo Credit: Yonhap News Agency A female teacher in her 40s stabbed an eight-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon on Monday and inflicted stab wounds on herself, authorities said. Earlier, police found the two with stab wounds on the second floor of an elementary school building in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, at around 6 p.m. after the student's parent reported her missing from an after-school art class. Rescuers transported the girl to a hospital in an unconscious state, but she later died. The teacher, who sustained stab wounds to the neck and arm, reportedly remained conscious. Police later said the teacher admitted to the crime during a subsequent investigation, with officials determining that she might have inflicted the injuries on herself afterward. The student was staying at the school at the time of the crime for its after-class child care session before heading to a private art class. Police found that the teacher had taken a leave of absence due to depression and returned to the school late last year. Full story at The Korea Times (February 2025)
Pupils punished for scoring below 90% in maths By Louise Parry & Sonia Watson Stephen Drew says the purpose of the detentions is to help students with their progress A school's policy of giving detentions to top set pupils who score below 90% on maths homework has been described as "overtly cruel" by a parent. Joseph's son is in Year 7 at Stewards Academy in Harlow, Essex, and scored 13 out of 16 for his maths homework, which is 81%. "I thought [the detention] was unjustified: I've worked with children and I find trying to foster aptitude through negative reinforcement doesn't really work," he said. Head teacher Stephen Drew – who appeared on the TV series Educating Essex – said the school offered homework support and "the work is set at a level that reflects exactly what they've been taught in the previous week". "The teachers are available during the week – lunchtimes, after school – to help. We have a homework club in the library every single day," Mr Drew said. He explained that the maths homework threshold varied according to which ability set pupils were in. The Department for Education guidance lists a detention as a "sanction" for pupils who misbehave. Pupils in the top set for maths at Stewards Academy get a detention if they score below 90% in their homework Joseph was shocked to receive a notification that said his son had got a 30-minute detention "for not completing his homework or to a required standard". "He'd done the homework with his mum. She'd supported him with it, and they'd struggled," he said. "If children have made an attempt to do something and then they're being punished for that attempt, I feel it will have negative consequences for children's mental wellbeing and confidence. "It seems schools are under pressure to provide excellent results all the time, and that 90% isn't good enough." Full story at BBC News (February 2025)
Teacher had sexual relationship with special needs student, asked him to ‘bring a gun’ to school to shoot colleague By Anthony Blair A twisted Colorado teacher who started a sick relationship with special needs student sent “thousands” of messages to him, ordered the child to bring a gun to class to shoot her colleague and introduced him to fentanyl, prosecutors said. Imagine Kay Ewer, a paraprofessional, was busted after officials noticed her obvious “favoritism” toward the 16-year-old boy, according to the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Lakewood, CO. Ewer, 28, showed an unhealthy interest in her student that was noticed almost “immediately” after she started working at Brady Exploration School in August 2023, the DA Office’s investigation revealed. Colorado paraprofessional Imagine Kay Ewer allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student and asked him to bring a gun to school to shoot a colleague. Photo Credit: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office In November 2023, after the boy hinted at an improper relationship with Ewer in a classroom assignment that another teacher saw, authorities at the school contacted the Lakewood Police Department. They soon uncovered evidence of a disturbing sexual relationship between the pair, including explicit text messages and signs that drugs, guns and alcohol had been introduced, per prosecutors. “Thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of messages were sent by Ewer to her student and vice versa, with references to many sexual encounters, according to prosecutors. Ewer introduced the teenager to illegal and deadly drugs including fentanyl, First Judicial District Attorney’s Office Special Victims Prosecutor Brynn Chase told her sentencing hearing. She also attempted to get the boy to bring a gun to their sexual encounters as well as shoot a fellow faculty member in their school, the sentencing hearing heard. Ewer told the boy “to bring the gun to school and shoot another faculty member in the leg,” Chase said at the hearing. Full story at New York Post (February 2025)
12-year-old charged for threatening to shoot up school By Jameson Moyer GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A sixth-grade student was charged Wednesday after threatening to shoot up a school, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said. The 12-year-old Rosemary Middle School student was charged with making student threats and released to their parents. Investigators with the sheriff’s office searched the child’s family home and did not find firearms. School was not disrupted by the situation, law enforcement said. Full story at Yahoo News (February 2025)