A suspect has been detained after a teacher was attacked with a knife at a vocational college in western Germany on Friday.
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The man was shot and injured during his arrest near the main railway station in the city of Essen, police said.
Security sources said the perpetrator – believed to be a 17-year-old pupil from Kosovo who attends the school – was shot after running at police officers with a knife and is being treated in hospital.
He is believed to have attacked the woman on Friday morning before fleeing.
The teacher is also receiving treatment in hospital. According to a spokesman for the emergency services, her life is not in danger.
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No others were injured in the incident, with investigators assuming that the teacher was deliberately targeted.