2004 Carmen de Patagones school shooting

Mass shooting in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Argentina center 250 Carmen de Patagones -40.7833 -62.9833 Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 40 48 9 S 62 59 0 W 2004 09 28 y 7:35 a.m. GMT-3 School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder 3 5 Rafael Solich Students and Classmates in room 1º B at the "Islas Malvinas" Institute *Browning HP (9mm) Hunting knife (Unused) Inconclusive, possibly: Schizophrenic delusions Columbine High School massacre copycat crime Retaliation for bullying yes Solich:None – age of criminal responsibility not met Solich's father:45 days' imprisonment 28 September 2004, a mass shooting occurred at the "Islas Malvinas" Institute in Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, when 15-year-old Rafael Solich student killed three fellow students and wounded five others. Solich was not prosecuted for the crime, as he was under the age of criminal responsibility at the time. Background Rafael "Juniors" Solich (born 27 October 1988),Morosi Por Pablo 2022-09-28 Cuatro traslados, un diagnóstico de esquizofrenia y un hijo: la vida de Juniors después de cometer la Masacre de Patagones https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2022/09/28/cuatro-traslados-un-diagnostico-de-esquizofrenia-y-un-hijo-la-vida-de-juniors-despues-de-cometer-la-masacre-de-patagones/ 2024-08-14 infobae es-ES is the son of Rafael Solich and Esther Pangue. His father nicknamed him after the Buenos Aires football club Boca Juniors. His father was involved in the Argentine Naval Prefecture, and Solich took his gun to commit the shootings.Cómo está Juniors, 10 años después de la Masacre de Carmen de Patagones How is Juniors, 10 years after the Carmen de Patagones massacre http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1729952-como-esta-juniors-10-anos-despues-de-la-masacre-de-carmen-de-patagones 6 October 2015 La Nación 24 September 2014 Spanish 7 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151007040455/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1729952-como-esta-juniors-10-anos-despues-de-la-masacre-de-carmen-de-patagones dead He claimed to have been planning "something" since the seventh grade.Chollet Ángel 2024-09-28 Juniors, la primera masacre escolar de Latinoamérica y el escalofriante diálogo con la jueza: “Cuando tiré no me pude frenar, no era yo” https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2024/09/28/juniors-la-primera-masacre-escolar-de-latinoamerica-y-el-escalofriante-dialogo-con-la-jueza-cuando-tire-no-me-pude-frenar-no-era-yo/ 2025-07-21 infobae es-ES Solich had one friend, Dante, and the pair communicated in English to keep private. Classmates said that the pair listened to Marilyn Manson and wore black, and would draw Satanic imagery such as inverted crosses.Morosi Pablo Presionado, el amigo de Junior se va del pueblo con su familia Under pressure, Junior's friend leaves town with his family http://www.lanacion.com.ar/647229-presionado-el-amigo-de-junior-se-va-del-pueblo-con-su-familia 6 October 2015 La Nación 22 October 2004 Spanish 7 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151007030433/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/647229-presionado-el-amigo-de-junior-se-va-del-pueblo-con-su-familia dead The pair had recently gone to the cinema to watch Elephant, a film about a school shooting directly based on the Columbine High School massacre.Palacios Por Rodolfo 2019-09-28 A 15 años de la masacre de Carmen de Patagones: un adolescente a los tiros, muerte en el aula y el estremecedor relato de los sobrevivientes https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2019/09/28/a-15-anos-de-la-masacre-de-carmen-de-patagones-un-adolescente-a-los-tiros-muerte-en-el-aula-y-el-estremecedor-relato-de-los-sobrevivientes/ 2024-08-17 infobae es-ES The night before the shooting, Solich listened to the song "The Nobodies" by Marilyn Manson, which addresses the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre. Events June 2026 The morning of Tuesday 28 September 2004, in the middle school N°202 "Islas Malvinas" in Carmen de Patagones, Solich opened fire on his classmates in their classroom. The massacre took place at 7:35, the time at which classes started. Solich entered the institute in which around 400 students attended class, bringing a Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistol (which belonged to his father, subofficial of the Argentine Naval Prefecture), two full magazines and a hunting knife hidden in a military coat. In the classroom 1° B, Solich stood up in front of the class, took the gun and discharged the entire magazine upon his classmates without saying a word. After emptying the magazine, he headed for the hall, loaded a second magazine and shot again, this time at the person in charge of the school buffet, whom he did not manage to injure. He kept walking through the main hall until Dante Pena, one of his classmates and best friends, tackled him and removed his weapon. After the authorities were warned, he did not resist, was arrested and transferred to the port city of Bahía Blanca. Because of the attack, three of his classmates died, aged between 15 and 16, and five other students were injured. The then-president Néstor Kirchner described the episode as "painful" and declared two national days of mourning. In all the schools in the country, an event of reflection was held, where a letter sent by the Ministry of Education was read for everyone. Victims Three students were killed, and five others were injured during the attack in the classroom. The victims were:27 September 2019 Masacre de Patagones, a 15 años: el rastro fantasma de Juniors y un aula con tres ángeles Patagones massacre, 15 years: the ghost trail of Juniors and a classroom with three angels Patagones a Diario https://www.patagonesadiario.com.ar/noticia/9518/masacre-patagones-a-15-anos-rastro-fantasma-juniors-y-un-aula-tres-angeles.html 27 July 2022 27 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220727184737/https://www.patagonesadiario.com.ar/noticia/9518/masacre-patagones-a-15-anos-rastro-fantasma-juniors-y-un-aula-tres-angeles.html dead auto Fatalities Federico Ponce, 15 Evangelina Miranda, 16 Sandra Núñez, 16 Injured Natalia Salomón Nicolás Leonardi Cintia Casasola Rodrigo Torres Pablo Saldías Kloster Legal proceedings Solich told a judge, "I remember some of it...no, I don't know. Actually, it went really quickly". He did not sleep the night before the attack, confessing that he was nervous. He did not show anyone his gun, but displayed his knife to Dante. Although he would not answer when asked for his motive, he revealed that he had been angry with his peers since kindergarten and had been planning an attack since the seventh grade: "They say that I am strange...they fuck with me because I have this spot on my nose". Solich was not criminally prosecuted due to his age being 15, which falls under the Argentine age of criminal responsibility of 16. His father was jailed for 45 days and made to relinquish his firearm.Morosi Pablo 28 September 2013 Patagones: a 9 años de la masacre, aún no se sabe dónde está Junior Patagones: nine years on from the massacre, still nobody know where Junior is http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1624118-patagones-a-9-anos-de-la-masacre-aun-no-se-sabe-donde-esta-juniors dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130930181519/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1624118-patagones-a-9-anos-de-la-masacre-aun-no-se-sabe-donde-esta-juniors/ 2013-09-30 6 October 2015 La Nación Spanish Aftermath While in medical custody, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and treated for a personality disorder. He was kept in psychiatric care until 2007, when he was given liberty from the hospital in La Plata for a weekly ration of hours: first 24, then 48, then 96. As of September 2014, he did not work or study. A female survivor of the attack saw him in the streets of the city, and subsequently suffered panic attacks and required therapy. Before his location was discovered, Argentine media speculated on it.28 September 2011 El destino de Junior, un misterio Junior's fate, a mystery http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1409789-el-destino-de-junior-un-misterio https://web.archive.org/web/20170909012952/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1409789-el-destino-de-junior-un-misterio 9 September 2017 6 October 2015 La Nación Spanish dead As of 2022, he has one son. Solich's family were evacuated from Carmen de Patagones immediately after the attack. Dante was deemed by the community to have had prior knowledge of the attack, and was ostracised, with parents threatening to not send their children back to school if he were there; eventually, he and his family were also moved out of town. The families of the victims sued the Naval Prefecture and the province's Schools Department for 12 million Argentine pesos. After the July 2006 mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, where 18-year-old Alfredo Marcenac was killed and six others were injured by serial shooter Martín Ríos, Marcenac's parents and friends joined the survivors of Carmen de Patagones in their program of the Red Argentina para el Desarme (es Argentine Network for Disarmament), pursuing campaigns for gun control and less ownership by common citizens.Una muerte trágica y un legado, por Canal Encuentro https://inecip.org/prensa/inecip-en-los-medios/una-muerte-tragica-y-un-legado-por-canal-encuentro/ 23 January 2026 INECIP 6 December 2016 es References 30em Category:Columbine High School massacre copycat crimes Category:School shootings committed by pupils Category:2004 murders in Argentina Category:History of Buenos Aires Province Category:Education in Buenos Aires Province Category:September 2004 in South America Category:School shootings in Argentina Category:2000s mass shootings in South America Category:2004 mass shootings Category:Attacks in South America in 2004 Category:Attacks on schools in 2004 Category:Mass shootings in Argentina Category:2004 mass murders Category:Mass murders in Argentina Category:21st-century mass murders in South America Category:School shootings motivated by bullying Category:Patagones Partido Category:Child murder in Argentina Category:Mass shootings in schools