HOT: » What kind of news would you like to see more of? A knife attack at a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves has left two people dead and one in critical condition Authorities have confirmed that multiple emergency response teams were sent to the scene though the exact number of additional injuries is unclear The incident occurred on January 16 in the town of just over 2,000 residents The assailant killed the school's deputy head and one student prompting local authorities to warn residents via the town’s public address system about an armed individual at large Town hall head Anna Horníková confirmed the security alert Police later identified the suspect as S.S. Reports indicate the assailant stabbed a teacher and two classmates Authorities later confirmed that the suspect had been apprehended Investigations into the incident are ongoing with more details expected to be released soon This attack follows a similar incident in 2020 when a former student fatally stabbed the deputy headmaster at a primary school in Vrútky The 2020 attack was reportedly linked to bullying that the assailant had experienced during his time as a student at the school Slovakia has seen several high-profile knife attacks over the years was killed after attacking police officers with a military knife a man fatally stabbed his wife in Nová Baňa Other knife-related incidents have occurred in various parts of the country a school attack in Vrútky resulted in a fatality and multiple injuries Despite the alarming frequency of such attacks and the public remains on edge following these incidents We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information 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after state-owned ZSSK Cargo and is also active in road and water transport SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has awarded its traditional supplier ŽOS Vrútky two contracts to supply locomotive-hauled coaches and diesel multiple-units The 21 Class 861 DMUs are to be delivered from 2018 for use on the Zvolen – Vrútky and Zvolen – Fiľakovo lines EUROPE: Slovak company Budamar Logistics has bought a stake in Croatian open access freight operator PPD Transport as part of its plans to expand into the Balkan region Budmar is mainly targeting Croatia and Serbia where it plans to provide rail and logistics services to major industrial companies SLOVAKIA: National passenger operator ZSSK has ordered 20 three-car DMUs from ŽOS Vrútky for €77⋅9m they are to be deployed on regional services around Bratislava and Košice Košice - Kechnec and Humenné - Kapušany - Prešov routes Site powered by Webvision Cloud The 22-year-old attacker was a former student of the school Two people died in a June 11 attack at a primary school in Vrútky A 22-year-old man from Martin killed one person and injured another four people They were sent for treatment to Martin hospital Several media outlets have reported that the person who was killed is a deputy of the school’s headmistress The information was later confirmed by Police Corps President Milan Lučanský The attacker in Vrútky is a former student of the school where he killed and injured people “They had some problems with him in the past,” Lučanský told the SITA newswire “Taking into consideration the time interval it seems that this student had psychological problems.” Lučanský noted that 22-year-old attacker broke into the school through a glass panel The school’s deputy headmistress was trying to stop him but suffered fatal injuries at the hands of the attacker The attacker injured a school caretaker as well He then ran into the nearest classroom to the right where he attacked a teacher and two children he fled the school and was followed by the school caretaker the police received an emergency call and dispatched police near the scene of the crime The police asked to see recordings from the street cameras and also plan to hear witnesses of the case “I saw the intervention on the camera recording; the lives of the police officers were really in danger,” said Interior Minister Roman Mikulec when he arrived in Vrútky adding that the attacker was very aggressive “He was ready for anything,” Mikulec said the labour inspectorate in Žilina has launched an investigation into the attack The inspectors will focus on the incident in which the deputy headmaster died as well as the attack on a teacher and the school caretaker Those wounded by the attacker were transported to Martin hospital Alena Krčová of the Health Rescue Service reported that three adults and two children were transported to hospital one child has a chest wound and another child has a wounded neck “All the injured people were conscious during the transport and in a stabilised condition,” Alena Krčová told SITA The two men with leg injuries are policemen who were hit by bullets that bounced Krčová noted that rescuers returned to the spot to treat people with an acute stress reaction President Zuzana Čaputová wrote on Facebook that she feels a lot of grief and sorrow over the tragedy in Vrútky “I want to express support to all the teachers children and their parents who experienced hard moments of fear,” she wrote may our solidarity with you also be a manifestation of the rejection of violence in whatever form.” Education Minister Branislav Gröhling expressed condolences and wished for a speedy recovery for all the wounded people “Any form of violence is unacceptable,” he said “It's all the sadder if it occurs on school grounds.” PM Igor Matovič said that he is sorry about the tragedy He is in the Czech Republic at the June 11 meeting of V4 prime ministers Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollár condemned the violent crime and called for an investigation as well as efforts to prevent it from happening again Mikulec believes that all children who are with their parents now will be okay for staff of the school that eye-witnessed this tragedy,” Mikulec said He also thanked policemen for ensuring there were no more victims at the intervention I am with you,” said Economy Minister Richard Sulík “I am deeply sorry about what happened and I express my condolences to all who are affected by the tragedy Schools are the very last spot where hatred and evil should have a place.” Deputy PM Veronika Remišová also condemned the crime “I express my sincere condolences to all those affected by this tragic event,” she wrote on Facebook “The safety of our children and teachers in schools must be a top priority for the state.” Deputy Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini said that his thoughts are with the families of the victims of the attack in Vrútky “My thoughts are also with all the teachers who honestly fulfil their demanding and meritorious mission and must be shocked by the deed for which their colleague paid with his life,” Pellegrini said for SITA “My thoughts are also with all parents who accompany their child every morning to school and believe that they will return home healthy parents and teachers deserve a sense of security and we must do our utmost to ensure it.” Health Minister Marek Krajčí wants to personally visit victims in the Martin hospital “What happened today is really unprecedented; it’s something our country had not experienced yet,” he said for TASR as well as politicians from both parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties and various non-governmental organisations have expressed their sympathy Classes at the school in Vrútky were cancelled for June 12 “We agreed to declare a day off,” said Vrútky Mayor Branislav Zacharides There is no camera recording from the incident as the school has no cameras inside He did not want to comment on increasing safety at school for now but if an attacker who can overcome these obstacles appears little can be done,” Zacharides said adding he wants to discuss how long the school will remain closed at the beginning of next week governor of the Žilina Self-Governing Region and Gröhling want to deal with the issue of safety at schools The Education Ministry as well as non-governmental organisations the Mental Health League and IPčko are ready to offer help in connection with the incident The Education Ministry has in this respect strengthened the helpline for children The +421(0)800 864-883 helpline is for free and in operation between 9:00 and 22:00 The experts of the Mental Health League are also ready to help non-stop at their +421(0)800 800-566 helpline This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Schools are practically defenceless against attackers and when employees are in danger Even though the June 11 attack at a primary school in Vrútky (Žilina Region) is exceptional some less serious conflicts have occurred in Slovakia “An aggressive man tore into the school courtyard he wanted a reckoning with our pupils,” said Ján Maruniak headmaster of the Jozef Horák Primary School in Banská Štiavnica (Banská Bystrica Region) referring to an incident that took place 20 years ago “I stayed locked with him in the headmaster’s office until the police arrived.” Usually there is only one locked entrance door teachers and other primary school employees This is the case at the Vrútky primary school where a 22-year-old man from Martin killed the deputy head and seriously injured two pupils and a teacher Although the school locks the entrance during classes the aggressor forced entry by breaking the glass in the door the caretaker again tried to stop the man when he later tried to escape Most schools do not have a camera system as they are too expensive The situation is also complicated in the case of larger compounds where schools are comprised of several buildings The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.skSubscribe now for full access Immediate access to all locked articles (premium content) on Spectator.sk Special weekly news summary + an audio recording with a weekly news summary to listen to at your convenience (received on a weekly basis directly to your e-mail) PDF version of the latest issue of our newspaper Access to all premium content on Sme.sk and Korzar.sk Vast traffic jams in the area following the accident The collision of a locomotive with a passenger train in northern Slovakia left dozens of people injured "The locomotive was supposed was on its way to aid a broken-down train but there was a collision," spokesperson of the railway carrier ZSSK The passenger train broke down and stopped near Varín The collision occurred in the Martin district, between the towns of Vrútky and Varín. Traffic was interrupted on the line, ZSSK stated as reported by the MY Turiec local newspaper "All rescue services are currently involved in the scene Several dozen passengers have suffered only minor injuries," the police said The police preliminarily ruled out any loss of life in the accident Altogether 11 ambulances treated 74 patients 34 of whom were transported to hospitals in Martin Dolný Kubín and Považská Bystrica While 56 people suffered light or medium injuries One person in critical condition was transported by helicopter to Martin Hospital The Fire and Rescue Corps said that 21 professionals from Martin, Žilina, Trenčín, the HaZZ Rescue Brigade in Žilina and Bánovce nad Bebravou and volunteer firefighters from DHZO Sučany Martin - Priekopa were involved at the scene Two evacuation buses were sent to the site to offer temporary refuge to the passengers Government ministers were headed to the site after reports about the accident emerged including Transport Minister Andrej Doležal Interior Minister Roman Mikulec and Health Minister Vladimír Lengvarský The accident caused chaos on the busy Friday evening roads The road between Žilina and Martin under Strečno Castle has been closed due to intervention at the accident site The alternative route through Terchová and Zázrivá in the Orava region became quickly jammed A surveillance camera recorded the moment a police officer had to shoot the Vrútky school stabber after he attacked his partner The footage, obtained by Marzíka, shows that just seconds before the shooting, peaceful pedestrians were walking down the sidewalk and as they hurry away once they spot the chasing, reported Brutál Paraméter he started stabbing and cutting everyone he could reach the janitor also sustained several stabs and cut wounds where he wounded the Principal and two 9-year-old students He tried to flee after that and was chased by the wounded janitor The police were chasing after him for about 200 meters and wanted to arrest him the police were at first aiming for the perpetrator’s legs The bullets which hit the ground instead of Ivan Č bounced back and wounded the two police officers and the principal did not know of any issues he might have had with the school and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved