Crime & Justice
Third school knife attack in Poland in a week injures three in Warsaw
October 10, 2026 at 03:28 PM
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2 reports · over 3 hours
A third knife attack at a Polish school in a week has injured three people, days after two earlier attacks left one dead and several wounded.
- Police arrested a 21-year-old student in Warsaw after she injured three people, including a 17-year-old girl, with a dangerous object.
- Two earlier knife attacks this week injured nine people and killed a school caretaker.
- Police detained 76 people and checked nearly 50,000 schools across Poland after the earlier attacks.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said a 17-year-old was detained after stating he planned to harm someone at school.

