7-year-old girl killed, 6 other people wounded in stabbing attack at school in Croatia, police say

A 7-year-old lady was killed and not less than 5 different college students and a trainer had been wounded in a knife assault at a faculty within the Croatian capital, Zagreb, on Friday, police mentioned. The native hospital mentioned the wounded trainer had suffered life-threatening accidents, Reuters reported.

Officers mentioned the assault occurred at 9:50 a.m. native time on the Precko Elementary Faculty within the neighborhood of the identical title. They described the attacker as a “younger male” and mentioned he had been detained.

Croatia’s Inside Ministry mentioned the attacker was 19 years outdated. Native media reported the attacker was a former pupil on the college, and confirmed video footage of kids working away from the college constructing and a medical helicopter touchdown within the schoolyard.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic mentioned he was “appalled” by the assault, and that authorities are nonetheless working to find out precisely what occurred. He mentioned a number of kids have been taken to numerous hospitals in Zagreb.

State tv reported the attacker went straight into the primary classroom he discovered after getting into the college, the place he attacked the scholars and their trainer.

Faculty assaults are uncommon in Croatia. Final Might, an adolescent in neighboring Serbia opened hearth at a faculty within the capital Belgrade, killing 9 fellow college students and a faculty guard.