Teenager kills two in knife attack at Czech shopping centre

The suspected male attacker, a 16-year-old Czech citizen, was reportedly detained 10 minutes after the incident, less than a kilometre away.

Police had initially said the victims were wounded in the attack before later reporting that they had died from their injuries. (Representational File Photo)

A teenaged attacker killed two women with a knife in a shopping centre in the Czech city of Hradec Králové on Thursday before being detained shortly afterwards, police said.

Police were investigating the motive for the attack in the city, 110 km (68 miles) east of Prague.

“Although we were on the scene within a few minutes of the report, both victims suffered injuries so serious that they could not be saved despite all efforts of responders,” the police said in a post on X.

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A police spokesperson told the Novinky.cz online news website that the attack took place in a store at the outdoor shopping centre. The victims were employees at the shop.

The suspected male attacker, a 16-year-old Czech citizen, was detained 10 minutes after the incident, less than a kilometre away, the spokesperson said, adding that a knife with a blade about 20 centimetres (8 inches) long was found nearby.

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Police had initially said the victims were wounded in the attack before later reporting that they had died from their injuries.

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A paramedic responding to the scene told Novinky.cz that resuscitation efforts lasted around 40 minutes.

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