Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Third Polish School Attack in Four Days Injures Three
A 21-year-old student attacked people at a college in Warsaw on Saturday.
Three people were hurt, but none had injuries that could have caused them to die.
The attack came after two other attacks at schools earlier in the week.
One of those earlier attacks killed a school worker.
Reports give different numbers for how many people were hurt in the Wednesday attack.
Police checked many schools and detained 76 people to help prevent more violence.
Some schools closed, and police patrols were sent to schools.
Officials said they had not found proof of an online challenge or confirmed that the attacks were connected.
A 21-year-old student injured three people with a dangerous object at a further education college in Warsaw on Saturday; none had life-threatening injuries.
The injured people were two 17-year-olds and a 24-year-old woman, according to reports cited by the articles.
Police said they had inspected nearly 50,000 facilities and detained 76 people as authorities sought to prevent further violence.
The Warsaw attack followed two school attacks earlier in the week; reports differ on the number of people wounded in the Wednesday attack.
Authorities said they had found no evidence of an ongoing online challenge and had not officially confirmed that the attacks were linked.
- Who
- A 21-year-old student attacked people; three people aged 17, 17 and 24 were injured.
- What
- A stabbing attack at a further education college injured three people.
- When
- Saturday, October 10, according to the Reuters report.
- Where
- A further education college in Warsaw, Poland.
- Why
- The articles do not state the attacker’s motive.
- Attacker
- Police said the attacker was a 21-year-old student at the college.
- Injured
- The victims were reported as two 17-year-olds and a 24-year-old woman; none had life-threatening injuries.
- Police response
- Police said they had inspected nearly 50,000 facilities and detained 76 people.
- School closures
- Education Minister Barbara Nowacka said 59 schools had closed, mainly in the Mazowsze region.
- Earlier attacks
- Two attacks earlier in the week included a Wednesday school attack and a Thursday attack in which a school caretaker was killed.
- Wednesday attack reports
- Accounts differ: one report said 10 people were injured, including the attacker; another said nine people were injured.
- Authorities’ assessment
- The government said it had found no evidence of an ongoing online challenge promoting school attacks; no official link between the attacks had been confirmed.
