Overview

• The 45-year-old teacher is in a stable condition after multiple stab wounds, and the rescue chain functioned with students among the first to help.
• A judge issued an arrest warrant for the 17-year-old on suspicion of attempted manslaughter and grievous bodily harm.
• Standardized emergency plans were activated, classrooms were secured on the campus, and school psychologists are supporting the community.
• NRW education minister Dorothee Feller said the suspect had recently left another vocational college without a degree and stressed that youth violence is a broader societal issue.
• Political responses diverged as Essen’s mayor pushed knife bans and bag checks, while unions and opposition figures argued for prevention through more school social workers, psychologists and smaller classes.