Oakland Tribune, CA
A high school student opened fire in a classroom in southern Argentina, killing four classmates and wounding five Tuesday in Argentina's worst school rampage on record, police said.
The 15-year-old suspect began his attack without uttering a word, letting go with intermittent bursts of gunfire from a 9-millimeter handgun as students cowered beneath their desks, authorities said.
The rampage at Islas Malvinas Middle School No. 2 in a remote southern corner of Buenos Aires province touched off intense nationwide debate about spiraling school violence in Argentina, long considered one of South America's safer countries.
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