Overview
- The attack, reported Tuesday during class at Secundaria Técnica 37 in Huimanguillo, followed the teacher’s refusal to accept the student’s work.
- Witnesses said the student pulled a knife from his backpack and stabbed the teacher in the back inside the classroom.
- The injured teacher was taken for emergency care to the ISSET clinic in nearby Cárdenas after local police and emergency crews responded.
- State prosecutors said the juvenile suspect was detained and placed at the disposal of the special prosecutor for minors as the investigation proceeds.
- Officials gave conflicting updates on the teacher’s condition, with the state education department saying he is out of danger and other outlets reporting he was in delicate condition, and the case renewed debate over backpack checks and school safety after a similar 2023 attack in Tabasco.