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Teacher Attacked with Knife at Germany School
An 18-year-old student stabbed a female teacher at a vocational college, prompting a lockdown and a police operation involving special task forces, with 1,700 students attending the school.
- On September 5, 2025, a female teacher was stabbed in the abdomen by a student inside a vocational school building in the Nordviertel district of Essen, Germany.
- The stabbing allegedly involved an 18-year-old male student of Kosovar origin who fled the scene, triggering a manhunt.
- Police responded with special SEK units, locked down classrooms, and arrested the suspect near Essen's central train station after shooting and injuring him.
- The teacher underwent emergency surgery and authorities stated her life is not in danger; a spokesperson said they are "absolutely certain" of the suspect's guilt.
- Authorities declared the situation no longer dangerous, continue investigating, and note no broader public threat after treating several shocked students at the scene.
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Teacher attacked with knife at Germany school
A suspect has been detained after a teacher was attacked with a knife at a vocational college in western Germany on Friday. The man was shot and injured during his arrest near the main railway station in the city of Essen, police said. Security sources said the perpetrator – believed to be a 17-year-old pupil from Kosovo who attends the school – was shot after running at police officers with a knife and is being treated in hospital. He is believ…
A 17-year-old is suspected of attacking a vocational school teacher in Essen with a knife. He was shot in a police operation.
Germany: Teacher injured in Essen school stabbing
Police in the western German city of Essen took a suspect into custody after a teacher was attacked with a knife at a vocational college on Friday. Authorities said they no longer considered the situation to be dangerous. What we know about the attack Special SEK police units, akin to a SWAT team in the United States, had been deployed to a vocational college in the city after reports of the stabbing. Authorities said a teacher at the school was…
The assailant is said to be a student of the school where his victim was teaching in Essen, West Germany. He was arrested by the police.
A knife attack has caused panic at a vocational school in Essen, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. According to information reported by German media, an 18-year-old student from Kosovo attacked a teacher with a knife, seriously injuring her in the abdomen. She is in serious condition and is undergoing emergency surgery at the city's university clinic. It is not yet known whether her life is in danger. Police authorities intervened immediatel…
A teacher was stabbed this morning at a vocational college in Essen. Numerous police officers are on the scene. The injured woman was taken to the hospital, and the suspect was shot dead by police.
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