Three injured in Poland's third youth stabbing attack in four days
Police said the suspect was a student and the injuries were not life-threatening as authorities checked nearly 50,000 schools nationwide.
- On Saturday, a 21-year-old woman wounded three people inside a higher education institution in Warsaw using a "dangerous object," marking the third school attack in Poland within one week.
- Two earlier school assaults in the Mazovian province left one person dead and several wounded, shocking a country where school violence by minors is a new phenomenon.
- Police checked nearly 50,000 schools and detained 76 people following rumors of a coordinated "Bloody Friday," though authorities found no evidence of an organized internet challenge.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said, "There will be no compromise here. The safety of the youth is the most important thing," as schools increased staff at entrances and conducted backpack checks.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk argued the government needs new legal tools to block harmful online content, noting authorities currently lack the ability to restrict streamed criminal activity.
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A woman injured three people on Saturday at an educational institution in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, according to the police. This was the third attack in a school in less than a week in that country.
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = Three knife attacks occurred in schools in Poland over the course of four days.
The three injured are not in danger - Since Friday, the Police have inspected approximately 50,000 premises and have arrested 76 people, most of whom were teenagers who had made threats online.
Local police say the attacker didn't know the three victims she attacked, and one of them was taken to hospital with injuries in her arms.
Once again, a knife attack in Poland is causing horror. A 21-year-old closes to a vocational school in Warsaw, her motive is unclear. The police see no connection to earlier attacks.
Poland suffered its third school attack in less than a week on Saturday: a 21-year-old woman injured three people at an educational institution in the capital Warsaw, police said.
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