Higham Ferrers school shooting

1988 school shooting in Higham Ferrers, England

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 / 52.304; -0.588
Date| 6 January 1988 (1988-01-06)
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

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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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