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Third School Stabbing in a Week Hits Warsaw College

Authorities launched mass school inspections, detained dozens, opened criminal and mental-health probes, warned of copycat risks.

A police officer and a volunteer firefighter look down the street near a cordoned-off area following an attack on the Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostroleka, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafal Niedzielski)
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
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Overview

  • The latest attack occurred on Saturday when a 21-year-old student at a Warsaw further-education college allegedly used a dangerous object to injure three people; one was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.
  • Preliminary police work indicates the attacker did not know the victims, who included two 17-year-olds and a 24-year-old, and the suspect was arrested at the scene.
  • This incident follows a string of attacks earlier in the week when a 19-year-old wounded multiple people at a vocational school and a 15-year-old killed a caretaker at a primary school.
  • Police said they inspected about 50,000 school facilities since Friday and detained 76 people as part of preventive operations focused on threats posted online and weapons found on minors.
  • Officials have found no verified evidence that an organized internet challenge prompted the attacks, but criminal and mental-health investigations remain open and the government has pledged new legal and counselling measures for schools.