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Third School Attack in Less Than a Week Shakes Poland
- •A 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in Warsaw on Saturday using a dangerous object.
- •This marks the third school attack in Poland in less than a week, leaving the nation in shock as school violence by minors becomes a new phenomenon.
- •Police across Poland detained 76 people and checked nearly 50,000 schools nationwide to prevent further violence following earlier attacks.
- •On Wednesday, a 19-year-old injured nine people in a vocational school, and the following day, a 15-year-old killed a school custodian and wounded two others.
- •Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized the need for legal tools to block harmful online content and announced that security measures at schools will continue.
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Following the school attacks, educational institutions across Poland stepped up security measures, which included deploying police patrols, placing extra school staff at entrances, and conducting voluntary backpack checks. Additionally, 59 schools preemptively suspended classes, and authorities announced that extra security measures and crisis training will continue.
As part of nationwide efforts to prevent further violence, police detained 76 people across Poland and checked nearly 50,000 schools. Among those detained were individuals found with weapons, such as a 14-year-old boy in Warsaw with a knife and firecrackers, and a 16-year-old with a butterfly knife.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the liberal government has promised to renew efforts to pass a bill that blocks harmful online content, noting that current legal tools are insufficient to block streamed crimes or dangerous online material.
