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			{{short description\|2007 school shooting in Gurgaon, India}}
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	{{Infobox civilian attack		{{Infobox civilian attack
	\|title = Euro International school shooting		\| title = Euro International school shooting
	\|image =		\| image =
	\|caption =		\| caption =
	\|location = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
	\|coordinates =		\| coordinates =
	\|target =		\| target =
	\|date = {{Start date\|df=yes\|2007\|12\|12}}		\| date = {{Start date\|df=yes\|2007\|12\|11}}
	\|time =		\| time = 1:00 pm
	\|timezone =		\| timezone =
	\|type = [[School shooting]]		\| type = [[School shooting]]
	\|fatalities = 1 (Abhishek Tyagi)		\| weapon = .32 Harrison revolver
			\| fatalities = 1 (Abhishek Tyagi)
			\| perpetrator = Akash Yadav
			{{Infobox event
			\| title =
			\| child = yes
			\| sentence = '''Yadav''':
			* 3 years' juvenile detention
			'''Yadav's father''':
			* 1 year's imprisonment
			'''Raj Singh Dalal''':
			* 5 years' imprisonment}}
			\| motive = Retaliation for personal conflicts and alleged [[bullying]]
	}}		}}
	The '''Euro International school shooting''' occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private [[secondary school]] in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref name="bbc2007">{{cite news \|last1=Biswas \|first1=Soutik \|title=The day terror hit an Indian school \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7140267.stm \|accessdate=21 February 2019 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=12 December 2007}}</ref> The gunmen, 14-year-old students Akash Yadav and 13-year-old Vikas Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=13 December 2007\|title='Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy\|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=41329\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-11-22\|website=www.daijiworld.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	==~~Details~~==		The '''Euro International school shooting''' occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private [[secondary school]] in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref name="bbc2007">{{cite news \|last1=Biswas \|first1=Soutik \|title=The day terror hit an Indian school \|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7140267.stm \|access-date=21 February 2019 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=12 December 2007}}</ref> The gunman, 14-year-old student Akash Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|date=13 December 2007\|title='Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy\|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=41329\|access-date=2021-11-22\|website=www.daijiworld.com\|language=en}}</ref> He was sentenced to three years' juvenile detention.<ref name=":0" />
	Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. The school had organised [[sports day]] on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home ~~earlier than they expected him to~~. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday. On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, that was left unlocked, and ~~hid~~ it in ~~the school washroom~~ under a toilet ~~seat~~. At the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired ~~three~~ times, ~~killing Tyagi~~. Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav to fire. Yadav ~~missed~~.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|title=~~'Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy~~\|url=https://~~www~~.~~daijiworld~~.com/~~news~~/~~newsDisplay~~.~~aspx?newsID~~=~~41329~~\|~~access~~-date=~~2021~~-11-22\|~~website~~=~~www~~.~~daijiworld~~.com\|~~language~~=en}}</ref>
			==Background==
			Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. According to Yadav's family, Tyagi had bullied Yadav's girlfriend, once grabbing her hand against her will.<ref name=":0" /> The school had organised [[sports day]] on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home early. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday.

			== Shooting ==
			On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, an imported [[.32]] Harrison pistol<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=2018-03-05 \|title=How a high-profile school killer became a leading don in Haryana's underworld \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/how-a-high-profile-school-killer-became-a-leading-don-in-haryana-s-underworld/story-usNuuhI7enQ5AkNh18IkWK.html \|access-date=2025-09-27 \|website=Hindustan Times \|language=en}}</ref> that was left unlocked, and brought it to school in a sock<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Sengupta \|first=Somini \|date=2007-12-12 \|title=In India, a Rare School Shooting Leaves 14-Year-Old Dead \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/asia/12india.html }}</ref> before hiding it under a toilet for the rest of the day.<ref>{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2007-12-12 \|title=School Shootings Exported to India? \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3987595&page=1 \|access-date=2025-09-29 \|website=ABC News \|language=en}}</ref> At 9.45 am, Yadav's father, property dealer Azad Singh Yadav, arrived home from his morning walk, at which point he realised his firearm (which he had bought from a dealer the previous week along with five loaded cartridges) was missing. He called his two sons (Akash and Sumit) at school, but they denied having anything to do with it.<ref name=":0" />

			At 1 pm, the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired at close range four times, hitting once in the temple and two in the chest.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|date=2007-12-11 \|title=Shooting inside Gurgaon school, boy killed \|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Shooting-inside-Gurgaon-school-boy-killed/249098/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212163839/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Shooting-inside-Gurgaon-school-boy-killed/249098/ \|archive-date=2007-12-12 \|access-date=2025-09-29 \|work=ExpressIndia}}</ref> Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav (no relation) to fire, but he missed.<ref name=":1" /> Tyagi died on his way to the hospital.<ref name=":2" />

			== Aftermath ==
			That same day, Akash Yadav was sentenced to three years' juvenile detention, whereas his father was sentenced to a year in jail for keeping an unlicensed gun at home.<ref name=":0" /> Raj Singh Dalal, his father's friend, with whom he owned the gun, was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment, for failing to keep his weapon in safe custody.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2011-03-02 \|title=Euro School shooting: Gun owner jailed \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/euro-school-shooting-gun-owner-jailed/articleshow/7614660.cms \|access-date=2025-09-29 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Yadav was released in 2008 on [[parole]], and later became an organised criminal and gang leader with his brother Sumit.<ref name=":0" /> He was accused of murdering a fellow gang member in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2015-03-26 \|title=Boy who shot classmate 'kills' again \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/boy-who-shot-classmate-kills-again/articleshow/46694672.cms \|access-date=2025-09-29 \|work=The Times of India \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610144029/http://www.sociopathic.net/ Sociopathic - A list of school killings]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610144029/http://www.sociopathic.net/ Sociopathic - A list of school killings]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/~~20071212163839~~/~~http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Shooting-inside-Gurgaon-school-boy-killed/249098/ Express India]~~		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213100353/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-30933320071211 Reuters India]
	* [http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-30933320071211 Reuters India]
	{{Campus violence in India}}		{{Campus violence in India}}

			{{coord missing\|Haryana}}

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	[[Category:Deaths by firearm in India]]		[[Category:Deaths by firearm in India]]
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	[[Category:School shootings in Asia]]		[[Category:School shootings in Asia]]
	[[Category:December 2007 ~~events~~ in India]]		[[Category:December 2007 in India]]
	[[Category:School killings in Asia]]		[[Category:School killings in Asia]]
	[[Category:December 2007 crimes]]		[[Category:December 2007 crimes in Asia]]
	[[Category:High school shootings]]		[[Category:High school shootings]]
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			[[Category:Attacks on schools in 2007]]
			[[Category:Attacks on schools in India]]
			[[Category:Child murder in India]]
			[[Category:School shootings committed by pupils]]

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	\|type = [[School shooting]]		\|type = [[School shooting]]
	\|fatalities = 1		\|fatalities = 1 (Abhishek Tyagi)
	}}		}}
	The '''Euro International school shooting''' occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private [[secondary school]] in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref name="bbc2007">{{cite news \|last1=Biswas \|first1=Soutik \|title=The day terror hit an Indian school \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7140267.stm \|accessdate=21 February 2019 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=12 December 2007}}</ref> The gunmen, 14-year-old students Akash Yadav and 13-year-old Vikas Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi.{{~~Citation needed~~ \|date=~~March 2017~~}}		The '''Euro International school shooting''' occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private [[secondary school]] in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref name="bbc2007">{{cite news \|last1=Biswas \|first1=Soutik \|title=The day terror hit an Indian school \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7140267.stm \|accessdate=21 February 2019 \|publisher=BBC News \|date=12 December 2007}}</ref> The gunmen, 14-year-old students Akash Yadav and 13-year-old Vikas Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=13 December 2007\|title='Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy\|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=41329\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-11-22\|website=www.daijiworld.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Details==		==Details==
	Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. The school had organised [[sports day]] on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home earlier than they expected him to. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday. On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, that was left unlocked, and hid it in the school washroom under a toilet seat. At the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired three times, killing Tyagi. Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav to fire. Yadav missed.{{~~Citation needed~~ \|date=~~January 2014~~}}		Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. The school had organised [[sports day]] on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home earlier than they expected him to. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday. On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, that was left unlocked, and hid it in the school washroom under a toilet seat. At the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired three times, killing Tyagi. Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav to fire. Yadav missed.<ref>{{Cite web\|title='Yes, I Killed Abhishek' Admits Gurgaon Boy\|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=41329\|access-date=2021-11-22\|website=www.daijiworld.com\|language=en}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	[[Category:Crime in Gurgaon]]		[[Category:Crime in Gurgaon]]
	[[Category:2007 ~~crimes~~ in India]]		[[Category:2007 murders in India]]
	[[Category:School shootings in Asia]]		[[Category:School shootings in Asia]]
	[[Category:December 2007 events in Asia]]		[[Category:December 2007 events in India]]
			[[Category:School killings in Asia]]
			[[Category:December 2007 crimes]]
			[[Category:High school shootings]]
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{{Infobox civilian attack
|title = Euro International school shooting
|image =
|caption =
|location = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
|coordinates =
|target =
|date = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|12|12}}
|time =
|timezone =
|type = [[School shooting]]
|fatalities = 1
}}
The '''Euro International school shooting''' occurred on 12 December 2007 at Euro International, a private [[secondary school]] in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], [[India]].<ref name="bbc2007">{{cite news |last1=Biswas |first1=Soutik |title=The day terror hit an Indian school |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7140267.stm |accessdate=21 February 2019 |publisher=BBC News |date=12 December 2007}}</ref> The gunmen, 14-year-old students Akash Yadav and 13-year-old Vikas Yadav, shot and killed 14-year-old Abhishek Tyagi.{{Citation needed |date=March 2017}}

==Details==
Eighth-grade student Akash Yadav had gotten into a fight with Tyagi, but it was resolved by school authorities. The school had organised [[sports day]] on 9 December 2007 and Yadav, along with his friend, planned to shoot Tyagi, but their plan failed as Tyagi went home earlier than they expected him to. Yadav instead decided to shoot Tyagi on Tuesday as Monday was a holiday. On 11 December, Yadav stole his father's gun, that was left unlocked, and hid it in the school washroom under a toilet seat. At the time of dispersal in the afternoon, Tyagi was going to his bus room when Yadav called out to him from behind. Tyagi's leg got stuck in the stair's grill while Yadav approached him and fired three times, killing Tyagi. Yadav then requested his friend Vikas Yadav to fire. Yadav missed.{{Citation needed |date=January 2014}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610144029/http://www.sociopathic.net/ Sociopathic - A list of school killings]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071212163839/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Shooting-inside-Gurgaon-school-boy-killed/249098/ Express India]
* [http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-30933320071211 Reuters India]
{{Campus violence in India}}
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[[Category:Deaths by firearm in India]]
[[Category:Crime in Gurgaon]]
[[Category:2007 crimes in India]]
[[Category:School shootings in Asia]]
[[Category:December 2007 events in Asia]]