00:00A school attack by a teenage student in northwestern Slovakia has left a 61-year-old woman dead and another
00:06woman and a child wounded.
00:08The attack happened at a school in Stasco on Tuesday.
00:12Emergency services said the two injured were taken to hospital, including a 44-year-old woman with a stab wound
00:18to the chest.
00:20Slovak media reported that the woman killed was the teacher, while another teacher and a pupil were wounded.
00:27They said the attacker was an 8th grade student, which is typically between the ages of 13 and 15.
00:34Police said they were investigating what they described as a violent crime and that the situation was under control.
00:41Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his condolences, saying he was deeply saddened by the attack.
00:48President Peter Pellegrini said he was shocked by another case of a student attacking teachers and a classmate
00:53and called for an atmosphere of greater calm rather than further radicalization.
