Youth held over brutal deaths at nursery school

  • 1999-02-25
  • Sandra L. Medearis
RIGA/GULBENE - A village about 200 kilometers east of Riga was in mourning this week after police say a 19-year-old man entered the nursery school the afternoon of Feb. 22 and killed three small girls and their teacher with an ax. The four were assaulted in a bedroom for afternoon naps while other children were present.The killings have focused the attention of Latvia's educators and law enforcers on school security, where there is no law addressing the issue.A team of five psychologists for children and adults went to the town of Gulbene to help classmates and adult relatives to cope with ...
 
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