Three injured in third school attack in Poland in less than a week

The attack comes after police announced the detention of 76 people across Poland in connection with previous incidents.Three ‌people have been injured in a stabbing attack at a ⁠further education ⁠college in Warsaw, in the third attack on a school in Poland in less than a week.The series of incidents has stoked ⁠concerns in Poland about copycat violence among young people, and ushered police to check tens of thousands of schools and detain dozens of people across the country earlier on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4At least nine people killed in Turkiye’s second school shooting in two dayslist 2 of 4US arrests suspect in connection with Tumbler Ridge school shootinglist 3 of 4Teenager loses hand in blast amid French school protest clasheslist 4 of 4Suspect killed after 13 kindergarteners taken hostage, beaten in Brazilend of listIn the latest attack, a 21-year-old woman used a “dangerous object” on Saturday at about 12:30pm local time (10:30 GMT) to attack a 17-year-old woman, said Jakub Filipiak, a spokesman for Warsaw police.The suspect also ended up hurting two other people, aged 17 and 24 respectively, he said.“One person was injured and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Two other bystanders also sustained injuries but did not require hospitalisation,” Filipiak added.The police did not identify the educational institution, but said it was open on a Saturday because it is a higher education establishment. The attacker did not know any of the victims, the police said.National Wyborcza newspaper identified the institution as TEB Edukacja, a school that gives post-secondary education. The suspect studied at this school, according to national media reports.Local residents wait next to the scene where a 15-year-old fatally stabbed the caretaker of his former school and wounded two other adults at the John-Paul II primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland, on October 8, 2026 [AFP]Seventy-six detainedThe attack came after police on Saturday said they detained 76 people across Poland and checked nearly 50,000 schools nationwide as part of efforts to prevent further violence following two school attacks earlier in the week.