On Saturday at school at ul. There was a knife attack in Mińska Street in Warsaw. A 21-year-old woman attacked a 17-year-old girl with it, and she was taken to hospital. As our journalist Igor Skrzypek found out, the 17-year-old was injured in the forearm. Her condition is not life-threatening.
Two other people were also attacked - a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old. They suffered minor injuries - their condition did not require hospitalization. According to our reporter, these people were injured accidentally - they were not the direct target of the attack.
Police officers immediately arrived at the scene - four minutes after receiving the report.
The perpetrator was arrested
The police detained the 21-year-old perpetrator of the attack. She is a student at the school, and the other participants in the incident came to submit papers to her. Her motives are not yet known.
The spokesman for the Warsaw Police Headquarters, Comm. Jacek Wiśniewski, said that the information currently available to the services does not allow confirming that this attack may be related to "some type of chain letter or situation that we have been talking about over the last 48 hours throughout the country."
All women are of Polish origin.
There is a school for adults in the school complex on Mińska Street - that's why the facility was open today. The attack occurred near the secretariat.
A series of knife attacks in Polish schools
This is the second knife attack in a Polish school in recent days. On Wednesday in Ostrołęka, a 19-year-old attacked nine people with a knife. A day later, in Leszczydole-Nowiny, a 15-year-old injured three people, including a 37-year-old school employee who died as a result of her injuries.
The Warsaw Police appeals to parents, teachers and students to be more vigilant and report any disturbing signals.
A fight at a school in Olsztyn
A dangerous incident also occurred on Saturday on the premises of one of the schools at Metalowa Street in Olsztyn. Two students, aged 17 and 19, got into a fight, and one of them had a sharp object resembling a machete. Fortunately, no dangerous tool was used - informs the Olsztyn police.
According to preliminary findings, the conflict between the teenagers escalated into fistfights during a conversation at the facility. During the incident, the witness noticed that the younger participant was carrying a sharp object. At the right moment, the witness took the tool from him and threw it aside, making it impossible to use it.
The item was not used during the incident. No one was hurt by it. The participants were separated by one of the teachers - emphasized Sergeant Izabela Bogacka from the Municipal Police Headquarters in Olsztyn.
Bogacka reported that the 17-year-old was transferred to the hospital under the care of doctors due to "disturbing behavior." The older of the teenagers was released after being interrogated at the police station.
The police have interviewed the first witnesses and are investigating the case for disturbing public order and possession of a dangerous item in a public place. The legal classification may change if new arrangements arise.
