10 injured in knife attack at school in northeastern Poland

Ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, the town’s mayor said, with police detaining the 19-year-old suspect, who was among those hurt, shortly after the incident.

Masovian Regional Governor Mariusz Frankowski told reporters that nine people had been taken to hospital but that none of them was in a life-threatening condition.

“The injured included five students, two teachers and two bystanders, as well as the perpetrator, who inflicted self-harm,” he said.

Police said the suspect was a student at the school and that he had attacked people with a machete. They confirmed that bomb disposal experts were checking the attacker’s backpack but were unable to say if anything had been found.