Teacher stabbed at college, teen suspect held
A police officer secures the scene of an arrest. Following the knife attack on a teacher at a vocational college in Essen, a suspect has been arrested, the Essen police confirmed to the German Press Agency. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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An assailant stabbed a teacher at a German vocational
college on Friday, sparking a police manhunt that ended with officers shooting
and detaining a 17-year-old Kosovan suspect.
Police were alerted to the knife attack around 9:30 am in
the western city of Essen and responded by deploying commandos to search the
college.
The victim, a 45-year-old teacher, suffered serious wounds
and underwent emergency surgery.
"We do not yet know what the motive was," a police
spokesman told AFP.
Officers confronted the suspect less than three kilometres
(two miles) from the college and "used firearms" after he drew a
knife, police said.
The youth was also receiving hospital treatment for
injuries.
According to the Bild daily, the suspect was a student at
the college.
The BIB vocational college in Essen offers training in
nutrition and domestic science as well as social and health care, according to
its website.
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