British pupils tied to trees and robbed at gunpoint on Guatemala school trip

A dozen teenage boys from a British grammar school have been robbed at gunpoint on a trip to Guatemala. The boys, who are all aged 16, were travelling on a private bus in a remote mountain area when they were ambushed by a group of bandits who stole around £2,000 in money and valuables. The passengers were taken off one by one, robbed of all their personal possessions , tied to trees, and left by the side of the road for four hours. The pupils were on their way to Coban in Guatemala (pictured) when they were robbed at gunpoint The teenagers, from the Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, were two-thirds of the way into a month-long trip organised by World Challenge Expeditions, where they were carrying out volunteer work in local schools. Once their attackers had left, pupils and staff followed their pre-trip training... [read full story]