Seven injured in Polish school knife attack, police say
Police said the suspect was a student and at least two victims were seriously hurt as investigators probed the motive.
- 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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The court will decide whether the 15-year-old can be held accountable for murder as an adult. "However, the prosecutor's office will first have to determine whether the minor's level of mental development and emotional maturity allow for this," emphasized Judge Michał Pieńkowski.
A former student of an elementary school in the town of Leszczydul-Nowiny in Poland today killed the janitor of that institution and injured two people, which is the second case of violence in Polish schools in two days, and the authorities fear that it is the result of challenges on the Internet and that it is possible that similar incidents will happen again.
Poland Calls Emergency Meeting after Second Fatal School Stabbing in Two Days
A 15-year-old former pupil stabbed three people at a primary school in Wyszków near Warsaw on Thursday, killing a 37-year-old school caretaker, police said. The attack came a day after a separate stabbing at a vocational school in Ostrołęka left ten people injured.
Police announced that a 37-year-old maintenance worker has died after being stabbed by a former student at a school in Poland. According to foreign media, the 15-year-old entered the primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, north of Warsaw, at around 9:00 a.m. and attacked the 37-year-old employee, before being neutralized by a teacher and the school principal, who were also injured. Polish police announced that they had also detained a 17-year-old …
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