Two injured in Polish school knife attack as 15-year-old arrested
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Woman killed in Polish school knife attack as 15-year-old arrested
The incident comes one day after ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in northeastern Poland
Rich Booth Thursday 08 October 2026 09:55 BST
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A 15-year-old has been detained after a 37-year-old woman died as a result of a school attack in Poland, police said on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said three adults had been injured in an attack “with a sharp object”.
The incident comes a day after ten people were injured in a knife attack at a vocational school for teenagers in Ostroleka in northeastern Poland, with police detaining the 19-year-old suspect, who was among those hurt, shortly after the incident.
Masovian Regional Governor Mariusz Frankowski told reporters that nine people had been taken to hospital but that none of them was in a life-threatening condition.
“The injured included five students, two teachers, and two bystanders, as well as the perpetrator, who inflicted self-harm,” he said.
Police said the suspect was a student at the school and that he had attacked people with a machete.
open image in galleryBomb disposal experts were called to the scene. National Prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk told private broadcaster TVN24 that a homemade explosive device that nearly detonated was found in the attacker’s backpack.
Fire brigade spokesperson Adrian Stupski told local media that students had barricaded themselves into classrooms in self-defence before they were evacuated.
Police said they detained the suspect about 20 minutes after the attack and posted a photo on X showing a man they appeared to have apprehended lying face down in a wooded area.
Town hall spokesperson Katarzyna Ogniewska told reporters that all schools in Ostroleka were closed and that children were safe.
The motives behind the attack were unclear. Such incidents are rare in Poland, but in September police detained a 13-year-old suspected of planning an attack and found a knife in his bag.
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