Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week
A 21-year-old woman has been arrested after injuring three people in a knife attack at a school in Warsaw, the third such incident recorded at Polish educational institutions within a week. The attack comes just one day after police deployed to schools across the country following two previous stabbing incidents, raising serious concerns about school safety.
The latest attack occurred on Saturday when the suspect, who was a student at the school, used a dangerous object to injure a 17-year-old pupil and two other women aged 17 and 24 who had come to submit enrolment documents. The earlier attacks saw a 19-year-old injure nine people on Wednesday and a 15-year-old kill a 37-year-old caretaker on Thursday; authorities are investigating whether the three incidents are linked to an internet challenge, and police have arrested 76 people during school security sweeps.
- Third knife attack at Polish school in one week injures three people.
- Authorities suspect attacks may be linked to internet challenge spreading.
- Police deployed to schools nationwide, arrested 76 people after incidents.
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Poland has experienced an unprecedented wave of knife attacks at schools, with three separate incidents occurring within a single week. Multiple people, including students and visitors to school premises, have been injured and at least one person has died.
The attacks have involved young perpetrators ranging in age from 15 to 21, each carrying out violence at educational institutions. Following the first incidents, Polish police increased security presence at schools nationwide and began investigating whether the attacks might be linked or share a common cause.
Authorities are exploring whether an internet challenge may have motivated the violence, as they seek to understand connections between the three attacks. Police have conducted extensive security operations in schools across the country and have made multiple arrests during their investigations.