Police also injured in Vrutky attack

Police officers were also injured in the Vrutky (Zilina region) school slaying, when they tried to stop the attacker, police chief Milan Lucansky said. He added that the officers, hit by gunshots, had had their wounds treated and their lives were not in danger. "To my knowledge, some bullets ricocheted. It needs to be taken into account that such situations are very specific. Police officers are trained for this," said Lucansky. At the same time, he explained that deployed police units will continue to patrol the area to make sure that the attacker had no accomplices.