Police charged the young man with the murder of a teacher in Prague. He faces up to twenty years in prison – ČT24 – Czech Television
“The accusation was communicated to the natural person by the police according to the provisions of the qualified factual substance of the murder crime, because the committed act, as it follows from the previous course of the preparatory proceedings, corresponds to the provision on murder intentionally as meaningfully,” said Cimbala.
The spokesman added that the court imposed a custody on the young man on Saturday. “As a reason for detention, the court found the reasons for detention to be escaping and preliminary, ie the danger that the accused would flee would hide in order to avoid criminal prosecution. The Respecting Court took into account the fact that the accused faces a heavy sentence or the risk that the accused could repeatedly commit the crime for which he is being prosecuted, “he said. The server brought information about the sending into custody earlier on Saturday with reference to the public prosecutor Jana Murínová iDNES.cz.
“The case will now continue with the preparatory proceedings of the criminal phase called the investigation,” the spokesman added, adding that the prosecutor’s office would not provide further information at this time.
According to investigators, the perpetrator attacked the teacher with a machete on Thursday before noon on the fourth floor of the school building in his office. Despite the efforts of the called-in rescuers, the pedagogue succumbed to injuries on the spot. The attacker escaped from the scene. A young man suspected by the police of the attack was subsequently arrested by criminal investigators in Dolní Břežany in the district of Prague-West. According to the investigators, the presumed motive for the act was a dispute between him and the teacher.
The headmaster of the school, Karel Dvořák, on the school’s website wrotethat there were never any problems with the student and that there were no safety regulations violated by the school.
On Saturday, the chairman of the Pedagogical Chamber, Radek Sárközi, pointed out that director Dvořák had last year from the Minister of Education, Robert Plaga (for YES). received a medal for long-term excellent pedagogical activity. Czech School Inspectorate in the last report from April 2020, after the inspection, identified as weaknesses of the school, among other things, unsystematic and inconsistent management of the activities of the educational counselor and school prevention methodology in relation to pupils at risk of school failure and the absence of school failure prevention strategies.