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The Euro International school shooting occurred on December 12, 2007 at Euro International, a private secondary school

Secondary school

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in Gurgaon

Gurgaon

Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...

, Haryana

Haryana

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, India

India

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. The gunmen were 14-year old Suchismith Roy and 13-year old Jayarama Rao, who were both students at the school.

Details

Abhishek Tyagi (14), a student studying in grade 8 was shot dead by Suchismith Roy (14) and Jayarama Rao (13).

Suchismith Roy used his father's gun to kill Abhishek. Roy's father left the gun unlocked and Suchi brought the gun to school and hid it in the school toilet. After school was over, he took the gun to the school bus

School bus

A school bus is a type of bus designed and manufactured for student transport: carrying children and teenagers to and from school and school events...

and shot Abhishek Tyagi four times at close range after handing the gun over to his friend Jayaram who shot at Abhishek once but missed.

Motive

Suchismith Roy had gotten into a fight with Abhishek Tyagi, though the fight was resolved by school authorities. The school had organised sports day

Sports day

Sports days, sometimes referred to as Field Day, are events staged by many schools and offices in which people take part in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes...

for 9 December and on that day Suchi along with his friend thought of shooting Abhishek, but their plan failed as Abhishek went to his home earlier. Suchi got angry and thought that he would definitely kill him on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday. On 11 December, Suchi got his father's gun and hid it in the washroom under the toilet seat. At the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Abhishek was going to his bus room. Suchi called out to him from behind. Abhishek's leg was stuck in the stair's grill. Suchi then approached him and fired Abhishek three times, and then asked his friend to fire.

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