Poland: More than 70 arrests after knife attacks at schools
After two serious knife attacks in Polish schools, the police arrested 76 people and checked around 50,000 schools across the country.
Quick Look
- After two knife attacks at schools in Poland that left people dead and injured, the police arrested 76 people and checked around 50,000 schools across the country.
- Prime Minister Tusk ordered regular police checks.
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Why It Matters
After two consecutive knife attacks in Polish schools, the government has introduced immediate security measures.
Police in Poland have arrested 76 people after two knife attacks in schools. Around 50,000 schools nationwide were checked, the police said on the X platform. "231 incidents were registered in which police officers carried out actions in connection with reasonable suspicion of a crime." There was initially no information about who those arrested were.
On Thursday, a 15-year-old killed the 37-year-old caretaker and injured two teachers with a knife at a school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, about 70 kilometers northeast of Warsaw. On Wednesday, a 19-year-old injured nine people with a knife at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, almost 100 kilometers north of Warsaw, two of them seriously.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk ordered regular police checks in all schools in the country on Thursday. Tusk said the 15-year-old attacker wore a helmet with a camera to film his act.
Open Questions
- Who are the people arrested?
- What motives did the perpetrators have?
