By DARKO BANDIC, Related Press
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a college in Croatia’s capital Zagreb on Friday, killing a 7-year-old pupil and injuring three extra youngsters and a trainer, authorities mentioned.
Authorities mentioned the knife assault occurred at 9:50 a.m. on the Precko Elementary Faculty within the neighborhood of the identical identify. They described the attacker as a 19-year-old male and mentioned he had been detained after inflicting accidents to himself.
Croatian Inside Minister Davor Bozinovic mentioned one little one died whereas three youngsters and a trainer have been injured.
“The attacker is a 19-year-old who is a former student of that school and still lives nearby,” mentioned Inside Minister Davor Bozinovic. “Eventually he started injuring himself. Police prevented him from committing suicide.”
Bozinovic mentioned the attacker was registered as beforehand having psychological well being issues and had already tried to kill himself: “It is hard to say this person was mentally balanced.”
Video footage launched by Croatian media confirmed youngsters operating away from the college constructing and a medical helicopter touchdown within the schoolyard.
Authorities in Zagreb declared Saturday a day or mourning. President Zoran Milanovic mentioned “there are no words to describe the grief over the horrible and unthinkable tragedy that shocked us all today.” MIlanovic referred to as for unity and an effort to make sure that colleges are a secure and careless place for kids.
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic mentioned on the a authorities session that he’s “appalled” by the assault and that authorities are nonetheless working to find out precisely what occurred. Plenkovic mentioned a number of youngsters have been taken to varied hospitals in Zagreb.
State HRT tv mentioned the attacker entered the college and went straight into the primary classroom he discovered and attacked the youngsters.
Faculty assaults are uncommon in Croatia. Final Could, a young person in neighboring Serbia opened hearth at a college within the capital Belgrade, killing 9 fellow college students and a college guard.
Related Press writers Jovana Gec and Dusan Stojanovic contributed to this story.
