Schoolchild killed in knife attack at Croatia school

A child was killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked a teacher and pupils at a Zagreb primary school in Croatia on December 20, Health Minister Irena Hristic said, Report informs via Reuters.

Croatia's media reported that eight pupils and a teacher had been injured and the attacker had been detained by police.

Nova TV website quoted Hristic as saying that one of the injured pupils had died.

"We are horrified," Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told journalists.