Third School Attack Shakes Poland as Woman Injures Three

Poland has experienced a wave of school attacks, with a third incident occurring on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in Warsaw. A 21-year-old woman injured three individuals, aged 17, 17, and 24, using a "dangerous object" at a post-secondary educational institution. One person required hospital treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, while the other two sustained minor wounds. Authorities stated the attacker did not know the victims involved in this latest assault.

This incident followed two previous attacks earlier in the week. On Wednesday, October 7, a 19-year-old student injured nine people with a sharp object at a vocational school in Ostrołęka. The following day, October 8, a 15-year-old former student fatally stabbed a 37-year-old caretaker and wounded two other adults at a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny.

The series of assaults has prompted widespread concern across Poland regarding school safety and potential copycat violence, a phenomenon described as new to the country. In response, police conducted checks at nearly 50,000 schools nationwide and detained 76 individuals in connection with the incidents. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has also ordered increased police presence around educational institutions.