Seven wounded in Poland school stabbing attack: police
Seven individuals, including students and teachers, were injured in a knife attack in a Polish high school. The suspect, a 19-year-old man, has been apprehended by the police.
WARSAW: Officers have arrested a 19-year-old man after seven people were wounded in a knife attack at a high school in Poland, police said Wednesday.
The attack happened at a school in Ostroleka, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of the capital Warsaw, said police, who released a blurred photo of the suspect following his arrest.
BREAKING: 19-year-old man detained after a stabbing at a school in Ostrołęka, Poland; up to 7 people injured. https://t.co/5bwj9uBFwy
Ostroleka prosecutor Elzbieta Lukasiewicz said the victims were students and teachers.
“It appears that the boy went into the school and attacked the students and teachers with a dangerous tool,” Lukasiewicz told news channel TVN24.
“Based on the information I have, eight people were injured.”
The fire department told the PAP news agency that the injured included three adults and five teenagers.