Police said a 15-year-old boy is in custody after preliminary checks linked him to wounding one classmate and assaulting another at the Pitești college on the morning of 22 October.
One boy was taken to hospital with a wound to his right arm, while the other, with grazes on his left arm, refused transport, according to Mediafax.
Police referred to a cutting or piercing object, while local outlets reported a machete; investigators have not yet confirmed which weapon was used.
On 19 October, a 13-year-old reportedly attacked a female maths teacher in Bistrița with a cutting object, striking her on the head, and a pupil who intervened was also hurt.
Police in Pitești said preliminary checks showed that a 15-year-old boy entered Colegiul Tehnologic Armand Călinescu carrying a cutting or piercing object. During a conflict with classmates, he allegedly wounded one boy on the forearm and physically assaulted another, according to the Argeș county police inspectorate, IPJ Argeș. The suspect is held in police custody, and officers from Secția 1 Poliție Pitești are continuing inquiries to establish the exact sequence of events. Police statements referred only to a cutting or piercing object, while local outlets reported that the weapon was a machete.
A SMURD first-aid crew reached the scene and assessed the two injured boys. The boy with the more serious wound was taken to hospital for further checks, and Mediafax reported that the wound was on his right arm. Libertatea, citing its own information, described a superficial cut of 4 to 5 centimetres. The second boy had grazes on his left arm and declined to be taken to hospital. Police and gendarmes were deployed to keep order and allow the medical intervention to proceed safely.
Libertatea reported that the dispute broke out between three boys in the ninth grade, and that one of them may have been attacked by the others before he turned on them. A pupil who witnessed the incident told ePitești.ro that the suspect swung the weapon clumsily, that the classmate who was hurt hid behind him out of fear, and that he pushed the suspect away when the suspect tried to strike him too. The witness said the incident happened in the boys' bathroom area of the school. Authorities have not yet said what caused the conflict or whether the pupils had an earlier dispute.
On 19 October, a 13-year-old reportedly attacked a female maths teacher with a cutting object at Școala Gimnazială Ștefan cel Mare in Bistrița, striking her on the head. A fellow pupil who tried to defend her was also hurt, and both victims were taken to hospital.
The Pitești attack came three days after the Bistrița case. Reports on both incidents describe pupils injured inside school grounds during the school day.
Investigators have yet to establish how the object got into the school, which weapon was used, and what caused the dispute. Police have not said whether any preventive measure will be imposed on the suspect. The investigation is continuing, and officers are working to determine the exact circumstances of the incident.
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A 15-year-old boy is suspected of wounding one classmate and assaulting another at a high school in Pitești on the morning of 22 October. Police say he is in custody while investigators establish how the incident unfolded.
AI text based on reports by Mediafax.ro, Ziare.com, Stirile ProTV and other publishers. Published .