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Knife attack at primary school in Staškov, Slovakia, teacher dies

started September 29, 2026 at 11:07 AM · last changed 12d ago

Summary

An eighth-grade pupil at a primary school in Staškov, Čadca district in northwestern Slovakia, attacked two teachers and a student with a knife, authorities said; a 61-year-old teacher died of her injuries while a 41-year-old teacher and the pupil were seriously injured and airlifted to hospital. Police said a 13-year-old suspect was detained, the situation is under control and there is no further public danger, with the motive still unknown.

This summary was written by a language model from the 17 sources listed below.

Extract from the source

Učenik ubio nastavnika u školi Učenik je ubio nastavnika u školi na sjeverozapadu Slovačke, objavio je televizijski kanal JOJ. Ranije je ova medijska kuća javila

Main source

11:07 AMBanjaluka.netOpen the original

Locations

  • Čadca · City / settlement

    Place named; boundary not confirmed.

  • Žilina · City / settlement

    Place named; boundary not confirmed.

  • Martin · City / settlement

    Place named; boundary not confirmed.

Places mentioned in the report

Žilina and Martin are marked because the injured were airlifted to hospitals there, while Čadca is the district in which Staškov, the site of the attack, is located.

  • where it happenedČadca - district in which Staškov is located
  • also affectedŽilina - injured airlifted to hospital
  • also affectedMartin - injured airlifted to hospital

Timeline

  1. Učenik osmog razreda napao je nožem u osnovnoj školi u mjestu Staškov u Žilinskom kraju Slovačke, pri čemu je prema navodima medija preminula jedna nastavnica, a još su dvije osobe povrijeđene, uključujući nastavnika koji je prema policiji u kritičnom stanju. Policija je potvrdila da incident istražuje kao nasilni zločin, a nastava u školi je prekinuta.

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  2. New reports confirm the death of the 61-year-old teacher and that a 13-year-old pupil suspected of the attack has been detained, and that the injured 41-year-old teacher and pupil were hospitalised; President Peter Pelegrini and PM Robert Fico offered condolences to the victims' families.

    4 sources

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Sources (17)

17 reports · 15 sources

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Severity
Severity67

Total — strong signal (40–69)

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