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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A violent attack took place on Tuesday morning in a school in the town of Staškov, in the north-west of Slovakia, near the Czech border. A 61-year-old teacher died, and two other people, a student and a didactic framework, were injured with a sharp object. The police investigate the case and announce that the situation is under control.
The attack took place in northeastern Slovakia; the motive is not yet known. The President of the Republic called for calm and mutual respect.
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BRATISLAVA (ANP/AFP) - Slovakia has once again been shaken by a fatal stabbing at a school. Slovak media report that a teacher was killed. Two people were injured. The incident took place at a school in Staškov. The suspected perpetrator reportedly targeted an eighth-grade student...
An attack on a schoolgirl reportedly killed a 61-year-old woman and injured another woman and a child in northwestern Slovakia on Tuesday, rescuers told AFP.
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