The Slovak Boy Who Stabbed Two People to Death in a High School Last Year Was Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison in the First Instance
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The prosecutor appealed for a life sentence.
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.
The verdict is not yet final.
Defendant Samuel Strašek was found guilty of last year's attack on a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves, which killed two people - student Alena and deputy principal Marika. Samuel was sentenced to 25 years in prison with a maximum security sentence.
The verdict is not yet final, and the prosecutor, who originally proposed a life sentence, has filed an appeal against the sentence.
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.
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