Polish Police Arrest Multiple Teens over ‘Bloody Friday’ School Attack Threats
Authorities said the arrests followed two stabbing sprees and online rumors of a "Bloody Friday" that prompted security at 10,000 schools.
- Polish police arrested 10 young people on Friday for making online threats related to school attacks, seeking to calm public fears of a so-called "Bloody Friday" following stabbing sprees in Ostroleka and Leszczydol-Nowiny.
- On Wednesday, a 19-year-old wounded 10 people at a school in Ostroleka, followed by Thursday's attack in Leszczydol-Nowiny where a 15-year-old former pupil killed one employee and injured two others.
- Among the 10 detained were a 13-year-old from Warsaw who posted a knife photo in a class chat, a 14-year-old detained with a knife and firecrackers, and two 15-year-olds from Pruszkow County who posted videos with threats to kill.
- Authorities deployed police to 10,000 schools nationwide, while Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski stated there is "no sign of any nationwide 'challenge' taking place," though officials warned against copycat attacks.
- The Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime is monitoring content on TikTok accounts potentially linked to the attacks, cooperating with the platform to investigate and curb the spread of misinformation.
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Within a week, there were also two stabbings in schools in Poland.
Polish police announced Friday morning that they had detained ten young people in recent hours who had threatened to attack schools. The news comes after rumors spread on social media about an alleged online call to launch a “Bloody Friday.” Two school attacks in Poland in the previous two days left one person dead and 11 others injured.
Schools and kindergartens in parts of Poland are closing or switching to distance learning after a deadly knife attack and a series of violent incidents that have fueled fears of further attacks.
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