All five injured in the attack at the Prečko Elementary School suffered stab wounds, they were treated in Zagreb hospitals and are out of danger, but three of the injured require surgical treatment, Health Minister Irena Hrstić said on Friday.
“There are two boys aged 11 and seven in Klaićeva. Both are out of danger. The eleven-year-old is slightly injured with superficial cuts, and the seven-year-old will need chest drainage,” said the minister after visiting the injured in the Clinic for Children’s Diseases and in the KB – in the Holy Spirit.
She explained that the seven-year-old has a certain amount of blood in his chest due to his injuries, which will have to be treated surgically through drains.
There are two adult persons in KB Sveti Duh. The 50-year-old professor was operated on and treated for more serious wounds.
“After primary care, she is also out of danger, but after the operation, she will have to go to the intensive care unit,” said the minister.
A 19-year-old perpetrator is also in the Holy Spirit. He, too, is out of danger, but has been placed in the intensive care unit and is medically sedated.
The fifth child is 15 years old, was transported to Rebro, and according to the latest information, he was treated surgically and is out of danger.
The Zagreb police reported that on Friday a little before 10 a.m., a young man injured a teacher and several students with a sharp object or a knife in an educational institution in the area of Prečko, and a seven-year-old child succumbed to his wounds after resuscitation.
Psychological teams were sent to help the school in Prečko, and the parents who are with their children in the hospital in Klaićeva.
