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Student Who Stabbed Teacher and Student at Slovak High School Gets 25 Years

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Samuel S., who stabbed a deputy principal and a student to death at a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves on January 16, 2025, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a specialized court in Pezinok on Wednesday. It found him guilty of premeditated murder. The prosecutor requested a life sentence, the defense attorney requested 15 years. The verdict is not final.

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Samuel S., who stabbed a deputy principal and a student to death at a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves on January 16, 2025, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a specialized court in Pezinok on Wednesday. It found him guilty of premeditated murder. The prosecutor requested a life sentence, the defense attorney requested 15 years. The verdict is not final.

A first-instance court in Slovakia on Wednesday sentenced a young man to 25 years in prison for a knife attack at a grammar school in the east of the country. Two people died in the attack last January. The verdict, which was handed down by the Specialized Criminal Court just a day after another similar tragedy in Slovakia, can be appealed. In his closing arguments, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for the young man.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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A first-instance court in Slovakia on Wednesday sentenced a young man to 25 years in prison for a knife attack at a high school in the east of the country that left two people dead last January. The verdict, which was announced by the Specialized Criminal Court just a day after another similar tragedy in Slovakia, can be appealed. The prosecutor proposed in his closing argument that the young man be sentenced to life in prison.

Bloody incident in Spišská Stará Ves heads to finale Young attacker heard verdict from Specialized Court Details of verdict for attack on innocent victims revealed

Guilty of committing double murder and attacking a classmate. The senate of Judge Milan Cisarik decided on a 25-year prison sentence. The attacker Samuel Straško did not comment on the verdict, but silently left the courtroom in handcuffs and accompanied by prison guards. In the crowded courtroom, in addition to the media and the public, there were...

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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They thought he was just coming for a test, but he showed up dressed in black from head to toe and carrying a tactical knife. Moments later, the high school was marred by a double murder.

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Aktuality.sk broke the news in Bratislava, Slovakia on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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