A 53-year-old teacher has been left seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight that broke out during an eighth-grade school musical performance in the South Holland town of Alblasserdam.
The NOS reports that the teacher was likely trying to calm down a fight that broke out between three people when he was stabbed.
According to police, the man from Dordrecht was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
During an end-of-year musical
The fight broke out at around 8:40 PM last night during an end-of-year school musical performance given by eighth-grade school students.
Witnesses tell Rijnmond that the parents had been arguing for some time before things escalated. However, the exact topic of the argument is not known.
Other witnesses describe the victim as a kind man, saying, “We find it very sad. He was only trying to do what was right.”
Three men have now been arrested. Children and parents who witnessed the stabbing are receiving help from Victim Support.
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