Higham Ferrers school shooting

Higham Ferrers school shooting
Higham Ferrers school shooting
Location	The Ferrers School, Higham Ferrers, England
Coordinates	52°18′14″N 0°35′17″W / 52.304°N 0.588°W
Date	6 January 1988
Target	Students and faculty at The Ferrers School
Attack type	School shooting; mass shooting;
Weapon	12-gauge shotgun;
Deaths	0
Injured	4
Perpetrator	Darren Fowler
Motive	Revenge towards romantic rival

The Higham Ferrers school shooting was a shooting that occurred on 6 January 1988 at The Ferrers School, Higham Ferrers, England in which a 16-year-old student of the school, Darren Fowler, having been expelled in late 1987, took a 12-gauge shotgun to school in an attempt to kill his romantic rival. He injured two teachers and two twelve-year-old students before being subdued and disarmed by staff. He was later ordered to be detained for life.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Boy Rambo gets life". Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1988. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Central News East: 24.06.1988: School Shooting (2)". MACE Archive. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ "Shooting at Northamptonshire school · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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[1] "Boy Rambo gets life". Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1988. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[2] "Central News East: 24.06.1988: School Shooting (2)". MACE Archive. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[3] "Shooting at Northamptonshire school · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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