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A boy of seven or eight has been stabbed to death at a primary school in the Netherlands. An eight-year-old boy has been stabbed to death by a masked man at a primary school in the Netherlands.
Police said a masked man attacked the child in a classroom in the town of Hoogerheide, 150km (90 miles) south of Amsterdam, shortly before midday. A 22-year-old man has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of Jesse Dingemans, police said.
Police have arrested a suspect, but would not name him or say whether he was related to the child. The attacker was not related to the boy, the son of a local bank manager, and the motive for the attack was not clear, police said.
The attack took place in the town of Hoogerheide, 150km (90miles) south of Amsterdam, near the Belgian border.
"The killer fled but police have now arrested a suspect," said police spokesman Willem van Hooijdonk."The killer fled but police have now arrested a suspect," said police spokesman Willem van Hooijdonk.
"It does not seem that many children witnessed the incident," he told Dutch broadcaster NOS."It does not seem that many children witnessed the incident," he told Dutch broadcaster NOS.
"As far as we can reconstruct it did not happen in front of a full classroom.""As far as we can reconstruct it did not happen in front of a full classroom."
It was rumoured locally that the killer might have been related to the boy but police said they could not confirm or deny this. The boy is believed to have been stabbed when he went to an empty classroom to retrieve something.
Mr Van Hooijdonk said: "The relationship between the victim and the killer is still unclear. We are investigating that at the moment." The school was evacuated after the incident, while a helicopter hovered overhead. No murder weapon has been found.
The school was evacuated after the incident, while a helicopter hovered overhead. The BBC's correspondent in The Hague, Geraldine Coughlan, said the killing has shocked the Netherlands.
School killings are rare in the country, which has strict laws on possession of weapons.
The Dutch Education Minister has said schools must be a secure environment for children.
A Dutch teacher was shot dead by a student and another seriously injured in a stabbing two years ago.