This is a list of school-related attacks. These are attacks that have occurred on school property or related primarily to school issues or events. A broad definition of the word attacks is used for this list so as to include public attacks or one's self (suicide

Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...

).

The list is divided into three main chronological sections according to school age: primary

Primary education

A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...

, secondary

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

, and post-secondary

Higher education

Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...

. Additionally, a list is provided detailing foiled school-related attack plots that resulted in a conviction.

External links

• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2000–2001, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2002–2003, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2004–2005, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2006–2007, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2007–2008, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2008–2009, National School Safety and Security Services
• School-Related Deaths, School Shootings, & School Violence Incidents: 2009–2010, National School Safety and Security Services