Schoolboy kills teacher, injures two in Slovakia school stabbing

A 13-year-old elementary schoolboy has stabbed a 61-year-old female teacher dead in northwestern Slovakia, according to authorities.

A 44-year-old female teacher and a schoolgirl were also seriously wounded in Tuesday’s attack in the village of Staskov, near the Czech border, emergency service spokeswoman Petra Klimesova told the AFP news agency.

Health Minister Kamil Sasko told reporters the schoolgirl was “in a serious, critical condition”.

Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said at a news conference in Staskov that the life of the second teacher who was stabbed in the chest was not in danger.

A motive for the attack was not immediately known.

Police said the attacker was arrested and is being investigated by the Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) for “premeditated murder”.

The situation in the village with a population of about 2,750 people was “under control”, according to the law enforcement service.

Sutaj Estok praised the head teacher who was present at the scene and said, “she followed every single procedure outlined in the available manuals to the letter and prevented the tragedy from becoming even worse.”

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Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his “sincere condolences” and said he was following “the tragic incident in the village of Staskov with great concern”.

“Personally, I am deeply saddened by this,” he said in a statement.