Teacher Killed in Stabbing Attack at Secondary School in Slovakia
A 61-year-old teacher was killed and a second teacher and a student were wounded in a stabbing at a secondary school in Staškov, northwestern Slovakia. An eighth-grade student, typically aged 13 to 15, was arrested at the scene and police are investigating the incident as a violent crime. President Peter Pellegrini attributed the violence to an atmosphere of intolerance fuelled by social media and some politicians.
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A stabbing at a secondary school in Staškov, northwestern Slovakia, has left a 61-year-old teacher dead and two other people wounded. The attacker was identified as an eighth-grade student, typically aged between 13 and 15, who was arrested at the school. Police confirmed they are investigating the incident as a violent crime and stated that the situation is now under control. One of the wounded, a 44-year-old, was hospitalised with a stab wound to the chest, according to Emergency Medical Services spokeswoman Petra Klimešová. Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his sincere condolences, while President Peter Pellegrini said he was shocked by what he described as another case of a student attacking teachers and a classmate. Pellegrini linked the violence to what he called an atmosphere of intolerance spread by social media and some politicians, and urged citizens to act in ways that calm the situation rather than radicalise it further. This attack follows a fatal knife assault at a school in northeastern Slovakia in January last year and a stabbing at an elementary school in 2020, which was the first such attack in the country.
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