Psychiatric hospital head resigns in wake of school attack in Žďár

The director of a psychiatric hospital in Opava, Ivan Drábek, has resigned from his post in the wake of Tuesday’s knife attack at a secondary school in Ždár nad Sázavou. The attacker was admitted to the hospital after a 2012 attack in an elementary school in Havířov but a court released her last February on the basis of doctors’ recommendations. The 68-year-old hospital director however denied any wrongdoing on the part of the hospital, and quoted strong media pressure as the reason behind his decision.

Author: Jan Richter