Iván Arancibia

Chilean physics teacher and shooter

PersonDied aged 59humanQ97274095

Also known as Iván Jesús Arancibia Navarro · Iván Arancibia Navarro

Born: February 12, 1952
Died: December 27, 2011
Birthplace: Valparaíso
Place of death: Viña del Mar
Citizenship: Chile
Occupation: physics teacher
Education: Playa Ancha University
, Valparaiso University
Languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

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The Valparaíso school shootings were a spree killing that occurred on 17 December 1999, occurring at the B-29 Valparaíso high school and the Eduardo de la Barra Valparaíso high school, both located in Valparaíso, capital of the Valparaíso Region in central Chile. The perpetrator, recently dismissed physics professor Iván Arancibia Navarro, 47 years old at the time, killed three people in total, including his own three-year-old daughter, before attempting suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Iván
Jesus
Family name: Arancibia
Cause of death: asphyxia
Place of burial: Cementerio N° 3 de Valparaíso
Birth name: Iván Jesús Arancibia Navarro
Significant event: Valparaíso school shootings
Second family name in Spanish name: Navarro

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