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Viral Schoolyard Attack by Expelled Student Triggers Protest at La Plata’s Normal 2

Parents and staff staged a sit-in outside the school to press provincial officials for concrete safety steps.

Overview

  • The attacker, expelled last year for violent conduct, entered the campus with a stick and fought students, according to a preceptor.
  • A preceptora who tried to break up the fight suffered a head injury and required stitches, and a colleague said she is okay but shaken.
  • The confrontation broke out around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday in the school’s patio on Diagonal 78 and was recorded in a video that spread widely online.
  • By Wednesday morning the school community gathered at the entrance seeking explanations and firm measures from school leaders and the Buenos Aires Education Ministry.
  • Parents reported that administrators’ immediate response was to excuse absences, highlighting long-running concerns about repeated violent episodes at Normal 2.