Student held in Slovakia after two people fatally stabbed at high school

16 January 2025, 16:34

Police behind police tape in a snowy street in Slovkia
Slovakia School Stabbing. Picture: PA

Local media reported a deputy principal of the high school and a student are the fatalities.

An 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two people at a high school in northern Slovakia on Thursday, authorities said.

One other person was in a critical condition, the Slovak rescue service said.

The stabbings took place in the town of Spisska Stara Ves, a town with a population of about 2,000, which is located on the border with Poland.

The suspect initially fled, but police said that he was detained shortly after the attack.

Police said that the suspect attacked a teacher and two students.

A 51-year-old deputy principal of the high school and a 18-year old student, both women, were killed, the rescue service said.

President Peter Pellegrini called the attack “a real tragedy” and offered condolences along with Prime Minister Robert Fico to the relatives.

“No problem in the world can be solved with a knife or any other weapon,” Mr Pellegrini said.

Interior minister Matus Sutaj Estok and education minister Tomas Drucker travelled to the town and offered their condolences to the relatives.

Mr Drucker said he will work to take steps to prevent such attacks in the future and protect students and teachers.

Such attacks are rare in Slovakia. In 2020, a 22-year-old former student attacked a high school in the town of Vrutky, killing the deputy principal and wounding five people, including two students.

In 2022, a high school student attacked and injured a female pupil at a high school in Novaky.

By Press Association

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