There is a move by the court regarding a 19-year-old knifeman from Ostrołęka

On Thursday, the 19-year-old knifeman was charged with 9 charges, including: attempted murder of many people using explosives for reasons that deserve special condemnation. The attacker was also charged with making criminal threats against two school employees, whom he chased with a knife in the school corridor and threatened to kill them, and attempted murder of two people - random passers-by - outside the school premises.

He pleaded guilty and gave explanations. He faces up to life imprisonment.

The spokeswoman of the Ostrołęka prosecutor's office, prosecutor Elżbieta Łukasiewicz, informing about the charges on Thursday, indicated that a total of 23 injured persons were involved in the proceedings.

Attack at school in Ostrołęka

On Wednesday morning, a high school student entered his school and attacked 9 people with a knife - 5 students, 2 teachers and 2 bystanders. The injured were taken to hospitals in Łomża and Ostrołęka, their lives are not in danger.

The attacker came to school with a backpack containing a homemade explosive with "high destructive power." The 19-year-old left his bag in the school room, where there were a teacher and 11 students.

When smoke started coming out of the backpack, one of the people present threw it out the window outside the building.

Jakub Z. tried to run away after the attack, but he was arrested after several dozen minutes near the city beach, about 400-500 meters from the school. He was injured - he probably self-harmed and was taken to hospital. After treatment, he was taken to a police cell where he waited to be taken to the prosecutor's office.