6 JUN: An American high school student on a school trip to Costa Rica has been shot dead by a hotel security guard who mistook him for a thief.
The 16-year-old was sneaking back into his room in the early hours of Thursday morning local time when the guard was alerted by a dog.
Local newspaper La Nacion says the boy was trying to climb over a fence at La Cangreja Lodge hotel when the guard fired a warning short.
The boy then ran towards the guard and was killed instantly by a shot to the chest.




