Denuncian riña con armas en Liceo La Chimba

Carabineros said a fight between two students at Liceo La Chimba in Antofagasta ended with both detained, after viral posts claimed students had weapons inside the school. (diarioantofagasta.cl) El Diario de Antofagasta reported the incident on April 28, 2026, after social media posts spread allegations of armed students at the campus. Deputy Sebastián Videla was cited as one of the first public figures to relay the parents’ alert. (diarioantofagasta.cl) Carabineros said the episode was a fight in the schoolyard between two students and that school administrators reported it to police. Officers from the 5th Comisaría La Portada detained both students. (diarioantofagasta.cl) Police also said no kind of weapon was found inside the school, undercutting the central claim in the viral posts. The available reporting does not identify the students or list injuries. (diarioantofagasta.cl) The case lands in a tense month for Antofagasta’s public schools. On April 8, the Corporación Municipal de Desarrollo Social suspended classes at four schools, including Liceo B-36 La Chimba, after threats against school communities. (timeline.cl) (diarioantofagasta.cl) Those suspensions also affected Los Arenales, Industrial and Domingo Herrera, and the municipal corporation said it would pursue legal action over the threats. Officials said the shutdown was coordinated with police and government authorities. (timeline.cl) (diarioantofagasta.cl) Liceo La Chimba had already appeared in earlier reports about school violence in Antofagasta. In June 2025, T13 reported complaints from parents about violent fights and weapons at La Chimba and Los Arenales. (t13.cl) That backdrop helps explain why a schoolyard fight quickly turned into a wider alarm over weapons. For now, the confirmed facts are narrower: two students were detained, and Carabineros said no weapon was found at the school. (diarioantofagasta.cl)