At least two people killed in knife attack at gymnasium in Slovakia

A student carried out a knife attack in a gymnasium in the town of Spišská Stara Ves in eastern Slovakia, killing at least two people. This was reported on January 16 by local TV channel TA3.

It is specified that one victim is in critical condition, there are other wounded. Preliminary, the attack was carried out on two students and a teacher.

Local police said that the attacker is a young man of 18 years old, after committing the crime he fled. Law enforcers urged residents to help in the capture of the student, but not to make contact with him or try to detain him, but simply call the police.

Operational services and ambulance crews are working in the gymnasium. An investigation into what happened has begun.

Earlier, on December 20, 2024, a teenager with a knife attacked students at the Prečko elementary school in the Croatian capital Zagreb. One person died, seven were injured. The Croatian Interior Ministry detained the perpetrator, the victims were hospitalized.