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Third School Attack in a Week Hits Warsaw College

The latest stabbing has intensified a national security sweep and forced officials to probe whether online content played a role.

Ambulances stand outside a TEB Edukacja post-secondary school building following a knife attack on Minska Street in Warsaw, Poland, October 10, 2026. Dariusz Borowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS
Ambulances stand outside a TEB Edukacja post-secondary school building following a knife attack on Minska Street in Warsaw, Poland, October 10, 2026. Dariusz Borowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS
Police officers stand in front of the school where a 15-year-old fatally stabbed the caretaker of his former school and wounded two other adults at the John-Paul II primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on October 8, 2026, a day after a similar knife attack wounded nine in a Polish high school, police said. Police arrested the boy after the attack at the John-Paul II primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, a small town 70 kilometres (40 miles) northeast of Warsaw, a police spokesperson told AFP. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)Police officers stand in front of the school where a 15-year-old fatally stabbed the caretaker of his former school and wounded two other adults at the John-Paul II primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on October 8, 2026, a day after a similar knife attack wounded nine in a Polish high school, police said. Police arrested the boy after the attack at the John-Paul II primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, a small town 70 kilometres (40 miles) northeast of Warsaw, a police spokesperson told AFP. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Overview

  • A 21-year-old student injured three people with a sharp object at a Warsaw further-education college on Saturday, and all victims suffered non-life-threatening wounds.
  • The Warsaw incident is the third school attack in less than a week following a Wednesday stabbing by a 19-year-old and a Thursday attack by a 15-year-old that killed a school custodian.
  • Police said they checked about 50,000 school-related facilities and detained 76 people across Poland as a preventive measure while officers secure campuses and gather evidence.
  • Investigators are examining motives, suspects' online activity and medical forensics but have not found proof of a single coordinated internet challenge driving the attacks.
  • Senior ministers signaled plans to seek new powers to block streamed violent content and schools are offering crisis counselling and tightened entry checks as parents and staff cope with fear.