“Child aggressiveness growing”, says Education Minister after machete attack

Child aggressiveness is growing thanks to the influence of social media, computer games and even coronavirus, Education Minister Petr Gazdík told Czech Radio on Friday after the country was shocked by the killing of a vocational school teacher who was attacked by his 19-year-old student with a machete. The attack took place in Prague on Thursday. The killer was apprehended by police shortly after the murder.

Mr Gazdík highlighted that this was the first attack of this kind to happen in the Czech Republic. He also said that the loss of social connections due to distance learning during the coronavirus period certainly played a role in what happened.