Germany: Teacher Stabbed- 17-Year-Old Kosovar Suspect Shot by Police

Today in Essen, Germany, a female teacher at a vocational college was stabbed and injured, allegedly by a 17-year-old Kosovar male. The suspect fled from the school but was tracked down by police in a park near the Central Train Station. He was then shot after he allegedly charged at police with a knife. He was taken to a hospital, and his condition is not known. Though she was stabbed multiple times, the teacher’s condition is not life-threatening.

In the interest of time, we have partially translated the article below from WELT. 

Shock in Essen

17-year-old injures teacher with knife-Police shoot attacker

Posted 16:15

Caption: At a vocational college in Essen, a teacher was attacked and injured with a knife. The suspect who initially fled was shot during the arrest. Reporter Max Hermes reports

Source: WELT TV

A (female) teacher in Essen was attacked with a knife and injured. The police have now caught the 17-year-old attacker, and shots were fired. Essen’s lord mayor declares war on knife violence.

After the knife attack on a teacher in a vocational college, Essen’s Lord Mayor, Thomas Kufen (CDU) has called for stronger weapons controls in schools. “We must declare war on knives. Whoever has a knife will use it-and that leads precisely to such acts, which we must avoid,” said Kufen during a visit to the vocational college. 

“We have to search the school bags, search the backpacks,” he demanded. “It is primarily the parents who must do this themselves, but in addition, the schools and the we in the city will help,” Kufen said. Over the weekend, they will discuss specifically, “what additional security measures we must take at this school and possibly in other schools.”

“That is what we owe to the impacted students and teachers. Naturally, we are all worried about what will happen on Monday,” said the lord mayor.

Police had to use firearms during arrest

On Friday morning, a 45-year-old teacher at the establishment was attacked with a knife and injured. The perpetrator then fled, but the police were able to catch and apprehend him in a park near the Central Train Station.

The attacker was shot because he allegedly ran at the police officers with a knife. The suspect is a 17-year-old Kosovar, the police reported. According to BILD and WAZ (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung), it is not yet clear if he himself is a student at the vocational college.

The suspect was wounded and taken to a hospital. Nothing more has been reported as to the seriousness of his wounds.

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