Poland’s third youth stabbing attack in four days leaves three injured
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Ambulances waiting outside a further education college in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct 10, following a knife attack. The attacker was said to be a 21-year-old student of the college.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- Three people were injured in a stabbing at a Warsaw further education college on Oct 10, police said. The attacker was a 21-year-old student, and the victims were not known to him.
- The attack is the third youth stabbing in four days in Poland, deepening fears of copycat violence. Police said they inspected about 50,000 places and detained 76 people after online threats.
- The violence follows two earlier school attacks. On Oct 8, a 15-year-old killed a caretaker and injured two teachers. On Oct 7, a 19-year-old wounded 10 people in Ostroleka.
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WARSAW - Three people were injured in a stabbing attack at a further education college in Warsaw on Oct 10, police said, the latest in a series of incidents that have stoked concerns in Poland about copycat violence among young people.
On Oct 9, thousands of police visited schools nationwide to try to reassure pupils after two stabbing sprees by teenagers in as many days sparked rumours of potential further attacks - fears that the Oct 10 incident is likely to intensify.
“At 12.30 today, we received a report of an incident involving the use of a dangerous weapon,” police spokesperson Jakub Filipiak told Reuters.
“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.”
He said the attacker was a 21-year-old student of the college.
State news agency PAP reported that the victims were two 17-year-old girls and a 24-year-old woman who had come to submit enrollment documents.
Preliminary police findings indicated that the attacker and victims did not know one other, PAP reported.
Police said on Oct 10 they had inspected some 50,000 facilities since Oct 9 and detained 76 people.
Authorities had previously said most of the people detained were teenagers who had made threats online.
On Oct 8, a 15-year-old former pupil wearing a helmet-mounted camera killed a caretaker and injured two teachers at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, north-east of Warsaw.
On Oct 7, a 19-year-old wounded 10 people including himself at a school in Ostroleka, north of the capital. REUTERS