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Three injured in third school attack in Poland in a week
Three people were injured in an attack at an educational institution in Warsaw on Saturday, and police arrested a 21-year-old woman.
Police said she used a dangerous object to attack a 17-year-old woman, who was taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Two other people, aged 17 and 24, were also injured but did not need hospital treatment.
It was the third attack at a school in Poland in less than a week.
Earlier, a 19-year-old student injured nine people at a vocational school, and a 15-year-old killed a caretaker and wounded two others at a former school.
Police said they had detained 76 people and checked nearly 50,000 schools as concerns grew about further attacks.
Authorities have not confirmed that the attacks are linked, and police could not say whether Saturday’s incident was connected to the earlier ones.
Three people were injured in a stabbing at an educational institution in Warsaw on Saturday, the third attack at a Polish school in less than a week.
Police said a 21-year-old woman used a “dangerous object” to attack a 17-year-old woman at about 12:30pm local time.
The 17-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, while two other people did not require hospitalisation.
Police said the suspect did not know the victims; reports said she was a student at the school.
The incident followed two attacks earlier in the week that left one person dead and several injured, prompting stepped-up security and police checks at schools nationwide.
- Who
- A 21-year-old woman is suspected of carrying out the attack; three people were injured.
- What
- A stabbing attack using a “dangerous object” injured three people.
- When
- Saturday, 10 October 2026, at about 12:30pm local time.
- Where
- An educational institution in Warsaw, Poland.
- Why
- Not stated.
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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 student attacked people at a vocational school in Mazovian province, injuring nine.
A 15-year-old fatally stabbed a caretaker and wounded two others at a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny.
Schools stepped up security, and some suspended classes as police were deployed to educational institutions.
Police said they had detained 76 people and checked nearly 50,000 schools as a 21-year-old woman injured three people at a Warsaw educational institution.
- Injured in Warsaw attack
- 3 people
- Suspect
- 21-year-old woman
- Time of attack
- About 12:30pm local time, Saturday
- Police detentions
- 76 people
- Schools checked
- Nearly 50,000
- Earlier attack
- 9 injured at a vocational school in Mazovian province on 7 October
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