(NYPOST) — A 13-year-old boy armed with a knife and a makeshift crossbow went on a deadly rampage at a school in Spain, killing a substitute teacher and wounding four others — but he won’t face criminal charges because of his age, authorities said.
The unidentified student was detained by police following the attack, which unfolded Monday morning in Barcelona exactly 16 years to the day of the Columbine High School massacre. A regional police spokesman said it was too early to determine whether the vicious onslaught was an attempt to copycat the shooting in Colorado, where two students gunned down 12 classmates and one teacher before killing themselves.
Monday’s bloodshed began around 9:30 a.m., after the unidentified student arrived late for his 8 a.m. class. When the teen was chastised by his teacher for not being on time, the boy snapped — pulling out the crossbow and firing it at her head.
He then set his sights on his classmates, striking the teacher’s daughter, who was also a student.