Prague — Czech police said two children were injured in a knife attack by a pupil at a primary school in the western city of Domazlice on Tuesday.
Police said on X the perpetrator was detained “within several minutes” and that the two children’s lives were not in jeopardy.
“A girl pupil attacked her schoolmates with a knife. Two children were injured and their parents have been informed,” police said.
“Both injured children, whose lives are not threatened, are undergoing treatment just like another child who was in shock,” they added.
The school said on Facebook it had cancelled classes for older children “because of an extraordinary event”, while younger children stayed at the school.
The attack happened on the second day of the school year. Domazlice is near the Czech Republic’s western border with Germany.
1/n V současné chvíli jsou naše síly a prostředky na ZŠ Komenského 17 v Domažlicích, jelikož zde jedna z žákyň dle prvotních informací zaútočila nožem na spolužáky. Zraněné byly dvě děti, jejichž rodiče jsou již vyrozuměni. Podezřelou dívku jsme zadrželi během několika minut.
— Policie ČR (@PolicieCZ) September 3, 2024
POST TRANSLATION: At the moment, our forces and resources are at ZŠ Komenského 17 in Domažlice, as one of the pupils here, according to initial information, attacked her classmates with a knife. Two children were injured, whose parents have already been informed. We apprehended the suspicious girl within a few minutes.
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Source: AFP
Picture: X/@PolicieCZ
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