A child stabbed to death in a Croatian primary school

A seven-year-old boy has been killed and other children injured in a stabbing at a primary school in Croatia.

The country’s health minister said a teacher was also injured in the knife attack in Zagreb on Friday. The alleged assailant, a 19-year-old former student, was arrested at the scene, local media reported.

Photographs showed police officers, ambulance staff and forensics teams outside the building.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said he was “horrified” by the incident at the Precko elementary school.

Two adults and five children are in hospital with injuries, according to the Ministry of Health.

Speaking to reporters outside the children’s hospital, Health Minister Irena Hrstic said the attacker entered the school before stabbing staff and students.