Slovakia School Stabbing
A student attack at a Slovak elementary school kills a teacher and injures two.
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A student attacked people with a sharp object at an elementary school in Staškov, northern Slovakia, killing a 61-year-old teacher and injuring two others. One child was critically injured, and an adult woman—reported to be another teacher—was hospitalized with serious injuries. Local media reported that an eighth-grade student was detained, while police said the situation was under control and there was no further danger to the public. Authorities are investigating the attack, and no motive has been established.
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President Peter Pellegrini called the attack a warning to society, saying Slovakia needed “more calm, respect, and mutual regard”; Prime Minister Robert Fico also offered condolences.
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Education Minister Tomáš Drucker said the ministry was offering the school professional support and urged the public not to spread unverified information or intrude on the privacy of children and their families.
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The attack comes amid previous fatal school violence in Slovakia: AP reported that an 18-year-old student killed a deputy principal and another student at a northern Slovak high school last year, while a 2020 attack at a high school killed a deputy principal and wounded five others.
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