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Slovakia School Attack Leaves One Dead and Two Injured

Authorities said the suspect injured at least two others and hospitalized a child and a teacher as police said there was no further public threat.

  • On Tuesday, a pupil at an elementary school in Staskov, Slovakia, fatally stabbed a 61-year-old woman and injured at least two other people, authorities said.
  • Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok, Education Minister Tomáš Drucker, and Health Minister Kamil Šaško traveled to Staskov to assess the incident as President Peter Pellegrini and Prime Minister Robert Fico offered condolences.
  • Emergency Medical Services Operations Centre spokeswoman Petra Klimesova reported a pupil in critical condition and a 41-year-old female teacher hospitalized with serious injuries, including a 44-year-old transported with a stab wound to the chest.
  • Police have the situation in Staskov under control with no further threat to the public, though authorities have not yet reported a possible motive for the attack.
  • Slovakia has faced recurring school violence, including a 2020 attack in Vrutky where a 22-year-old former student killed the deputy principal and wounded five people, and a 2022 assault in Novaky.
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In Slovakia, in the village of Staškov, a schoolboy attacked his classmates and teachers, as reported by the Slovak media.

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In a school in Slovakia there was a fatal stabbing attack on Tuesday. According to the Slovak media, a teacher (61) was killed. Two more people, including a child, were injured. The attacker is therefore a student of the eighth grade.

·Vienna, Austria
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A 61-year-old woman died, and two other people, including a child, were injured in an attack at a school in Staskov, northeastern Slovakia, informing the rescuers on Tuesday, reports AFP, according to Agerpres.

·Bucharest, Romania
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An eighth-year student (equivalent to 2nd ESO) from a school in Staskov in Slovakia has killed one of his teachers and injured another and a partner with a knife in a serious attack that has left the whole country shocked. The attacked child is alive but in critical condition and has been transferred to Martin University Hospital, while the other teacher has been evacuated to Zilina University Hospital. Petra Klimešová, spokesman for the Emergen…

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نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Dramatic reports from Slovakia. At a primary school in Staszków, a student attacked children and teachers with a sharp instrument. A 61-year-old woman died. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر موقع Cedarnews الإخباري. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.

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