Video: Teacher stabbed at primary school musical in Alblasserdam; 3 arrested
A teacher was stabbed and seriously injured on Wednesday evening during a musical for eighth-grade primary school pupils in Alblasserdam. The police arrested three men as suspects. The teacher was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
According to the police, a fight broke out between three men attending the musical at the cultural center on Haven at around 8:40 p.m. The police believe the teacher, a 53-year-old man from Dordrecht, was trying to calm the situation when one of the men stabbed him.
Two parents who were at the musical told Rijnmond that the stabbed teacher was a nice man. “We find it very sad. He was only trying to do what was right.”
Another parent said that the three men had been arguing for some time. The cause of the argument is unknown.
Many kids and parents witnessed the stabbing. According to the broadcaster, people sought support from each other outside. Many children and some adults were in tears. The authorities made Victim Support available to those who needed it.
Mayor Jan Willem Boersma spoke of an appalling event. “I deeply sympathize with the victim and the people around him. It is terrible that this happened on the last evening of the eighth grade class,” he told Rijnmond
