Teacher killed in student attack at an elementary school in Slovakia, 2 others injured
Police said a 13-year-old suspect is in custody as authorities reported no further threat to the public.
- 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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The fight for the student's life lasted two days. Due to blood loss, doctors described her condition as critical from the beginning. The Speaker of the Slovak Parliament announced the death of 13-year-old Nela, offering condolences to the victim's family. Members of Parliament honored the girl's memory with a minute of silence. The motive was revenge. The attacker, an eighth-grade student, was detained by police and placed under psychiatric obse…
The stabbing at a school in Slovakia last Tuesday has claimed a second life. A girl died in the hospital from her injuries, reports Minister of Education Tomáš Drucker.
(Rome=Yonhap News) Correspondent Min Kyung-rak = AFP reported on the 30th that a 13-year-old male student attacked a teacher and students with a knife at a school in Slovakia, resulting in casualties...
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