Žďár school attacker released from custody

The woman, who stabbed to death a 16-year-old student at a secondary school in Žďár nad Sázavou in the Vysočina region last year, was released from custody on Monday on the grounds of temporary insanity. The attacker, who suffers from schizophrenia, was moved to a mental hospital, police spokeswoman Ludmila Čírtková told the Czech News Agency. The 26-year-old woman entered a local secondary school armed with a long knife and attacked students at random killing one person and injuring three others. The woman had attacked a child in the past and had been released from a mental hospital on the basis of a single expert opinion.

Author: Ruth Fraňková