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1 dead, 2 injured in Czech high school knife attack

Girls comfort each others near a high school where a woman stabbed and killed a student and injured two other others in Zdar nad Sazavou, 120 kilometers (75 miles) southeast of Prague, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. Police spokeswoman Jana Kroutilova says the victim was a 16-year old boy. She says the 26-year-old female suspect also injured two teenage girls and a police officer before she was arrested. Police say the suspect was from a different Czech region and it was not immediately clear why she attacked the students. AP Photo/CTK, Lubos Pavlicek

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Police say a woman stabbed students at a Czech high school with a knife, killing a teenager and injuring two others.

Spokeswoman Jana Kroutilova says the attack took place Tuesday morning in the central town of Zdar nad Sazavou, 120 kilometres (75 miles) southeast of Prague.

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Kroutilova says the victim was a 16-year old boy. She says the 26-year-old female suspect also injured two teenage girls and a police officer before she was arrested.

Police say the suspect was from a different Czech region and it was not immediately clear why she attacked the students. No further details were immediately available.

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