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Three injured in stabbing at Warsaw college, Poland's third in four days
Three people were injured in a stabbing at a further education college in Warsaw on Oct 10.
Police said the alleged attacker was a 21-year-old student at the college.
One person was taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, while two others did not need hospital care.
The incident was Poland's third youth stabbing attack in four days, after attacks at schools in Ostroleka on Oct 7 and Leszczydol-Nowiny on Oct 8.
The earlier attacks and online threats prompted fears of further violence, and police visited schools to reassure pupils.
Police said they had inspected about 50,000 facilities since Oct 9 and detained 76 people, most of them teenagers suspected of making threats online.
Three people were injured in a stabbing at a further education college in Warsaw on Oct. 10, police said.
The attacker was a 21-year-old student at the college, according to police.
One person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while two bystanders did not require hospitalisation.
The incident was the latest in a series of youth attacks that have raised concerns about copycat violence in Poland.
- Who
- A 21-year-old college student was identified by police as the attacker. Three people were injured.
- What
- A stabbing at a further education college injured three people.
- When
- Oct. 10, 2026. Police said they received a report at 12:30.
- Where
- A further education college in Warsaw, Poland.
- Why
- Not stated
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At 12.30 today, we received a report of an incident involving the use of a dangerous weapon
One person was injured and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two other bystanders also sustained injuries but did not require hospitalisation.
A 19-year-old wounded 10 people, including himself, at a school in Ostroleka.
A 15-year-old former pupil killed a caretaker and injured two teachers at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny.
Thousands of police visited schools nationwide to reassure pupils after the two earlier attacks.
Three people were injured in a stabbing at a Warsaw college.
- Injured
- 3 people
- Attacker
- 21-year-old student at the college
- Hospitalised
- 1 person, with non-life-threatening injuries
- Other injuries
- 2 bystanders did not require hospitalisation
- Police inspections
- About 50,000 facilities inspected since Oct. 9
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