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Woman kills one, injures three in knife attack at Czech school

PRAGUE (Reuters) - An unidentified woman stabbed and killed a 16-year-old male student at a Czech high school and injured three other people on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said.

Police detained the 26-year-old woman, who injured a police officer and two other female students at the school in Zdar nad Sazavou, 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the Czech capital Prague.

"A 16-year boy was wounded (and) died despite all efforts by medics," police spokeswoman Jana Prouzova said.

She added police did not yet know the motive for the attack.

(Reporting by Robert Muller and Jason Hovet Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)

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