(../../../../favicon_aje.ico) Schoolboy kills teacher, injures two in Slovakia school stabbing | Education News | Al Jazeera    (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/29/slovakia-teacher-killed-in-stabbing-by-student)                                              (https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/9/29/slovakia-teacher-killed-in-stabbing-by-student)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6abbe13716ee-1790697783.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440)  (../../../../wp-content/uploads/2026/09/afp_6abbe13716ee-1790697783.jpg@resize=770,513&quality=80)     (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (../../../../static/css/vendor~main~d08ff9cb.24bf1742.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~748942c6.6c6e15fe.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~b07b7304.e3bc53a0.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~6e6dca10.74fd263a.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~5db14389.a7dc5dd5.r2.chunk.css) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Bold.52bb58c8.woff2) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Regular.c5bf51b6.woff2)  (../../../../static/css/vendor~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-blo~5f903362.2e08e417.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~41c72a2c.3f309873.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~06be7c11.0625e98d.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/pages/article-page~493df0b3.accd71c7.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)   Skip links (slovakia-teacher-killed-in-stabbing-by-student@traffic_source=rss.html#main-content-area) Skip to Content  (https://www.aljazeera.com/)          (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Sign up  Show navigation menu     Navigation menu (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News    Show more news sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/africa/) Africa   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia/) Asia   (https://www.aljazeera.com/us-canada/) US & Canada   (https://www.aljazeera.com/latin-america/) Latin America   (https://www.aljazeera.com/europe/) Europe   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia-pacific/) Asia Pacific      (https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east/) Middle East   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/explainer/) Explained   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sports) Sport   (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinion/) Opinion   (https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/) Video   More   Show more sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/aljazeera-originals) Originals   (https://www.aljazeera.com/features/) Features   (https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/) Economy   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/human-rights/) Human Rights   (https://www.aljazeera.com/climate-crisis) Climate Crisis   (https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/) Investigations   (https://www.aljazeera.com/interactives/) Interactives   (https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/) In Pictures   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/science-and-technology/) Science & Technology   (https://www.aljazeera.com/audio/podcasts) Podcasts   (https://www.aljazeera.com/travel) Travel   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sponsored/) Sponsored Content        (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Click here to search search     Sign up        (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News |(https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/education/) Education   Schoolboy kills teacher, injures two in Slovakia school stabbing Police detain the 13-year-old in the northwestern village of Staskov, launch investigation into ‘premeditated murder’.   Listen   Listen (2 mins)       Save       Share Knife-wielding schoolboy kills teacher, injures two in Slovakia on social media share-nodes    Share (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgy6u1w) facebook      (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Knife-wielding%20schoolboy%20kills%20teacher%2C%20injures%20two%20in%20Slovakia&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgy6u1w) x    (whatsapp://send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgy6u1w) whatsapp-stroke    (https://aje.news/gy6u1w)  copylink          google       Add Al Jazeera on Google  info      (Police guards the entrance to a school in Staskov, northwestern Slovakia after a knife attack on September 29, 2026.)   Police guards the entrance to a school in Staskov, northwestern Slovakia after a knife attack on September 29, 2026 [AFP]   (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458)     By  (https://www.aljazeera.com/author/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458) Al Jazeera Staff , AFPand The Associated Press   Published On 29 Sep 2026 29 Sep 2026    A 13-year-old elementary schoolboy has stabbed a 61-year-old female teacher dead in northwestern Slovakia, according to authorities. A 44-year-old female teacher and a schoolgirl were also seriously wounded in Tuesday’s attack in the village of Staskov, near the Czech border, emergency service spokeswoman Petra Klimesova told the AFP news agency. 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Police said the attacker was arrested and is being investigated by the Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) for “premeditated murder”. The situation in the village with a population of about 2,750 people was “under control”, according to the law enforcement service. Sutaj Estok praised the head teacher who was present at the scene and said, “she followed every single procedure outlined in the available manuals to the letter and prevented the tragedy from becoming even worse.” Reactions Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his “sincere condolences” and said he was following “the tragic incident in the village of Staskov with great concern”. “Personally, I am deeply saddened by this,” he said in a statement. President Peter Pellegrini said he was “shocked that this is yet another case in which a student attacked teachers and a classmate”. “Aggression and an atmosphere of intolerance – spread primarily by social media and, unfortunately, by some politicians as well – are literally poisoning the public sphere and influencing the behaviour of our children in schools,” he said. Advertisement    He urged “all citizens to act in a way that calms the atmosphere, rather than further radicalising it”. Last year, an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed a 51-year-old deputy principal and an 18-year-old student at a high school in northern Slovakia. In 2020, a 22-year-old former student attacked a high school in the town of Vrutky, killing the deputy principal and wounding five people, including two students. 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