Teacher killed in student attack at an elementary school in Slovakia, 2 others injured
- 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 13-year-old pupil stabbed a 61-year-old teacher at a primary school in Slovakia. Two other people present were seriously injured: a 41-year-old teacher and a girl whose age has not been disclosed. The police arrived quickly at the scene and arrested the teenager. Nothing is known about his motive. "The investigation is still ongoing and we will not speculate on possible motives," said Interior Minister Estok. The school had a camera system, b…
A teacher in Slovakia was stabbed to death today in an attack by students in an elementary school, while two other people were seriously injured, the authorities announced.
13-year-old schoolboy kills teacher, wounds two in Slovakia school attack
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One student remains admitted to the hospital in a "critical" state, Health Minister Kamil Sasko told journalists.
A teacher was killed and another child injured today, Tuesday, as a result of a knife attack carried out by a student inside a school in the city of Staskov, north-west of Slovakia.
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