Second victim dies after Slovak school knife attack; pupil was 13
The pupil injured in a knife attack at a Staškov school has died in hospital, raising the death toll to two, a teacher and a pupil.
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Health minister Kamil Šaško says his party will present a child-protection package on 5 October.
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The pupil injured in last Tuesday's knife attack at a school in Staškov, in north-western Slovakia, has died in hospital, Czech outlets ČT24, Deník.cz, Seznam Zprávy, Aktuálně.cz and iDNES.cz reported, raising the attack's death toll to two. The pupil, reported by Polish outlet Interia to have been about 13 to 14 years old, had been airlifted to hospital in Martin in a critical condition after the attack, in which a 61-year-old teacher was also killed.
An eighth-grade pupil, roughly equivalent to Year 9 in England, is alleged to have attacked teachers and classmates with a sharp object on the morning of 29 September. The teacher, a 61-year-old woman, was pronounced dead at the scene, Slovak news agency TASR reported, citing police. A second teacher, a 44-year-old woman, was flown to hospital in Žilina with a stab wound to the chest and survived, according to Petra Klimešová of the Emergency Medical Service Operations Centre.
Police described the case as a violent crime under investigation and said the scene no longer posed an immediate danger to anyone. Officers gave no further detail on a possible motive and did not say whether the suspect had been taken into custody.
North Macedonian outlet MIA reported that authorities in Bratislava are considering lowering the age of criminal responsibility following the attack; the material does not give further detail on this proposal.
Interior minister Matuš Sutaj Estočka and education minister Tomáš Drucker both travelled to Staškov after the attack, German outlet WELT reported. Prime Minister Robert Fico said he was following events closely and grieving for those affected, adding that schools must be a safe place for children. President Peter Pellegrini said he was troubled that pupils have again turned on teachers and classmates, pointing to hostility spread through social media and by some politicians as an influence on children's conduct at school.
Health Minister Kamil Šaško and former health minister Marek Krajčí discussed the aftermath of the attack on Slovak Radio on Saturday, Topky.sk and Deník.cz reported. Krajčí called neglect of child mental health an "epidemic", while Šaško said schools needed to rebuild respect between teachers and students. Šaško said his Hlas-SD party would present a further child-protection package on Monday, 5 October.
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What we know
- 1 outlet · Srpskainfo A pupil injured in the 29 September attack in Staškov has died, raising the death toll to two
- 1 outlet · Srpskainfo A 61-year-old teacher was killed at the scene; a second teacher, 44, was injured and survived
- 1 outlet · Srpskainfo Police are investigating the case as a violent crime and have not said whether the suspect is in custody
- 1 outlet · Srpskainfo Bratislava is considering lowering the age of criminal responsibility, North Macedonian outlet MIA reported
- 1 outlet · Srpskainfo Health Minister Kamil Šaško says his party will present a child-protection package on 5 October
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Why it matters for Europe
The attack is the latest involving violence against teachers in Slovak schools. An 18-year-old killed a classmate and a teacher in a knife attack in Spišská Stará Ves in January last year, and a teacher was stabbed to death at a primary school in central Slovakia in 2020.
Updates
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Health minister Kamil Šaško says his party will present a child-protection package on 5 October.
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The pupil wounded in the attack has died in hospital, raising the death toll to two.
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A second victim, an injured student, has died in hospital, raising the Staškov school attack's death toll to two.
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- Portal Analitika: Teško ubistvo u školi u Slovačkoj: Učenik nožem izbo nastavnicu, povrijedio još dvoje
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Questions and answers
- How many people died in the Staškov school attack?
- Two people died: a 61-year-old teacher killed at the scene and a pupil, reported to be 13 to 14 years old, who died later in hospital.
- What happened to the attacker?
- Police described the case as a violent crime under investigation and did not say whether the suspect, an eighth-grade pupil, had been taken into custody.
- What has the government said?
- Health Minister Kamil Šaško said his party would present a child-protection package on 5 October, Topky.sk reported.
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