A high school student in South Korea stabbed seven people in a shocking attack that has raised fresh concerns over school safety and mental health management.
The incident unfolded on Monday morning at around 8.33am at a high school in Cheongju, a city in North Chungcheong province located about 110km southeast of Seoul.
According to The Korea Herald, the 18-year-old attacker – a second-year student – was in a counselling session with a special-education teacher when he suddenly began strangling the educator.
He then chased the teacher into the hallway and allegedly began slashing at other staff members with what appeared to be a utility knife.
The school’s principal and two staff members were left with stab wounds to the chest, abdomen and back, and were transferred to hospitals for treatment.
The counsellor was also hospitalised due to shock and breathing difficulties.
