At least two people were killed at a school in northern Slovakia after a student attacked a teacher and two classmates with a knife, emergency services and police said on Monday, Reuters reported.
Slovakia's emergency services spokeswoman Danka Capakova told Reuters that several teams were sent to the high school in Spišská Stará Ves at 12:00 GMT (13:00 CET).
"At least two people are dead and one injured," she said.
Police posted on Facebook that the student attacked the teacher and two classmates.
"An 18-year-old student suspected of committing a serious crime in Spišska Stara Ves was detained very shortly after the incident," police said.
"Thanks to the rapid apprehension of the suspect, there is currently no immediate danger and the police are taking further necessary measures to ensure safety," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement.
It said the interior and education ministers and the police chief were traveling to Spišská Stará Ves, a town of over 2.000 residents on the border with Poland, 376 kilometers northeast of the capital Bratislava.
Serious violence is rare in Slovakia, a Central European country of 5,4 million people. The country was shocked last May when Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in an assassination attempt.
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