Seven injured in Polish school knife attack, police say
Police said the 19-year-old suspect was detained after the attack, and two victims were seriously hurt, broadcaster RMF FM reported.
- On Wednesday, Oct 7, 2026, a 19-year-old was detained following a knife attack at the Vocational School Complex in Ostroleka, Poland, that left seven people injured.
- RMF reported that the suspect was a student at the Vocational School Complex, where most victims were fellow students, though one teacher was also wounded.
- Serious injuries were reported among the seven victims; Mayor Pawel Niewiadomski confirmed that emergency services secured the scene and the situation is now under control.
- Provincial police in Ostroleka confirmed the 19-year-old suspect remains in custody following rapid emergency response to the Vocational School Complex grounds.
- Located north of Warsaw, Ostroleka is where local authorities continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the violence at the Vocational School Complex.
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A young man armed with a knife did a bloodbath at a Polish vocational school on Wednesday. At least eight people were injured – two of them severe. A 19-year-old suspect is in custody.
At least eight people were injured, two seriously, in a knife attack at a high school in Poland. Police have arrested the suspected perpetrator, a 19-year-old man, a police spokeswoman told Polsat News television station.
Panic moments in a school in Poland, where a 19-year-old would have attacked several people with a knife. Seven people were injured, and two of the victims suffered serious injuries. The attacker was caught and detained by police officers.
Seven people were injured in a stabbing attack at a Polish school, police reported this Wednesday, adding that the assailant had been arrested.
Seven people, today Wednesday, were injured by a stabbing at a school in northeast Poland.
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