Teenager kills two women in knife attack at Czech shop

Police officers stand guard in a shopping area at the site where two women have died in a knife attack in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, February 20, 2025. — Reuters

HRADEC KRALOVE, Czech Republic: A 16-year-old boy killed two women in a knife attack at a discount shop in the Czech Republic on Thursday, police said, adding the motive remained unclear.

Police arrested the teenager, a Czech national, minutes after the attack at an Action branch on the outskirts of Hradec Kralove, around 100-kms east of Prague. “Both of those attacked suffered injuries which were so serious that they could not be saved despite all efforts of the rescuers,” police said on X. Police spokeswoman Iva Kormosova said the teenager attacked a shop assistant at the counter and another worker in a service area of the store.