Woman injures three in third Polish school knife attack this week

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 16:37 · Archive

A 21-year-old woman injured three people in a stabbing attack at a Warsaw college on Saturday, the third such incident at Polish schools in less than a week.

A 21-year-old woman used a knife to injure three people at a further education college in Warsaw on Saturday, in the third school stabbing attack in Poland this week. A 17-year-old girl sustained injuries requiring hospitalisation with non-life-threatening wounds. Two other women, aged 17 and 24, were also hurt; one did not require hospital treatment.

The attacker was a student at the college and did not know any of her victims, according to police. Warsaw police said they could not initially confirm whether the latest incident was related to the two previous attacks that occurred on 7 and 8 October. However, local media reported that police had information suggesting the incidents could be connected to an internet challenge.

The earlier attacks included a 19-year-old who injured nine people at a vocational school on 7 October, and a 15-year-old who killed a 37-year-old caretaker at a primary school on 8 October. Following the first two attacks, Polish police deployed to nearly 50,000 schools nationwide and detained 76 people. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was 'no room for compromise' on school safety.

How it is being reported

• Three injured in third school attack in Poland in less than a weekThe attack comes after police announced the detention of 76 people across Poland in connection with previous incidents.Al Jazeera · 10 Oct, 16:13
• Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a weekPolish police had already deployed to schools after a female caretaker was killed and several others injured in two earlier attacks in two days.BBC World · 10 Oct, 15:58

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