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Child, 7, dies in stabbing at Croatian primary school | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
A seven-year-old child has been killed and other children injured after man entered a primary school in Croatia and attacked a teacher and students with a knife. | |
Three children were taken to hospital following the incident in Zagreb, the Croatian capital, on Friday. They are now "out of danger", Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said. | |
The alleged attacker, a 19-year-old man and former pupil, was arrested near the scene. He is also being treated for self-inflicted injuries. | |
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he was "horrified" by the incident at Precko Elementary School, in the west of the city. | |
Photographs from the scene show police officers, ambulance staff and forensic teams outside the building. | |
Health Minister Irena Hrstic told reporters outside a children's hospital that the attacker had entered the school before stabbing staff and pupils. | |
A total of five people were hospitalised following the incident, she added. | |
Bozinovic said the suspect had a history of mental health issues and that the police had "stopped him from committing suicide". | |
He added the man initially fled the scene and locked himself inside a room at a nearby health centre, before being detained. | |
Parents at the school spoke of panic as they searched for their children. | |
"It's disastrous that when I rushed into the school, I had no information regarding my child's whereabouts, no one was willing to provide any details," Marko Palada told Reuters. | |
Croatia will observe a day of mourning on Saturday because of the attack. |