18-Year-Old Fatally Stabs Two in Slovakian School Attack
The attack in a small tourist town left a student and assistant principal dead, with another student seriously injured and the suspect in custody.
- An 18-year-old student attacked a high school in Spisska Stara Ves, Slovakia, killing an 18-year-old classmate and the 51-year-old assistant principal.
- A second 18-year-old student was seriously injured but is now out of life-threatening danger, while two others were treated for stress-related symptoms.
- The suspect, who was reportedly known to authorities and had been under psychological observation, was apprehended shortly after fleeing to a nearby forest.
- Authorities have not identified a motive for the attack, and the suspect was previously described as a model student by some reports.
- The incident has shocked the small tourist town of 2,000 residents, with officials and politicians condemning the violence and expressing condolences to the victims' families.