Student detained after two people killed in school stabbing in Slovakia

An 18-year-old suspect fled the scene but was later detained by police.

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00:00An 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two people at a high school in northern Slovakia

00:04on Thursday.

00:05The stabbings took place in Spiska Staraves, a small town on the border with Poland that

00:10has a population of around 17,000 people.

00:13The suspect initially fled, but police said that he was detained shortly after the attack.

00:17The suspect attacked a teacher and two students.

00:20Local media reported that a deputy principal of the high school and a student were killed

00:24and the second student was in critical condition.