Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week
Polish police had already deployed to schools after a female caretaker was killed and several others injured in two earlier attacks in two days.
Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week
A woman has been detained after three people were injured in the third knife attack at schools in Poland this week.
Police told the news agencies PAP and AP that the 21-year-old used a "dangerous object" to attack a 17-year-old girl at an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw.
The incident came a day after thousands of police officers went to schools across Poland following two stabbing attacks earlier in the week, one of which left a female caretaker dead.
A Warsaw police spokesperson said they could not confirm whether the latest incident was connected to the two earlier attacks.
Authorities told local media that the 17-year-old injured on Saturday had been taken to hospital, but her condition is not life-threatening. Two other women, aged 17 and 24, who had come to submit enrolment documents, were also hurt, the state news agency reported.
Police told local media that the suspected attacker was a student at the school and that initial findings suggest she did not know the three victims.
Schools in Poland had been tightening security after knife attacks at schools across the country on 7 and 8 October. Polish police said they had arrested 76 people after being deployed to schools nationwide.
"When it comes to the safety of Polish children and peace in our schools, there is no room for compromise," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said before the operation.
Local media, citing a police spokesperson, reported that authorities had information suggesting the incidents this past week could be linked to an internet challenge.
On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student attacked and injured nine people at a vocational school in the central Polish province of Mazovian.
A day later, a 37-year-old caretaker was killed after a 15-year-old entered a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, north of Warsaw.