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Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week
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In Short: The incident follows two previous attacks earlier in the week: a 19-year-old student attacked nine people at a vocational school in the Mazovian province, and another attack in Ostroleka, north-eastern Poland, injured seven people, as reported by the BBC (United Kingdom) and Arabnews (Saudi Arabia).
A 21-year-old woman attacked three people at a Warsaw school on Saturday, using a dangerous object, according to Jakub Filipiak, a spokesman for Warsaw police, as reported by Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) reported that the attack occurred at TEB Edukacja, a post-secondary education institution, while students were submitting papers at the school office. The injured included a 17-year-old girl and two other women aged 17 and 24, who were also submitting enrolment documents, as per Poland's state news agency, cited by the BBC (United Kingdom).
Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) noted that police had detained 76 people across Poland in connection with these incidents and had checked nearly 50,000 schools nationwide to prevent further violence. The BBC (United Kingdom) reported that 59 schools preemptively suspended classes on Friday, primarily in the Mazovian district, where Warsaw is located.
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that the suspect had entered Poland from Germany and was traveling east towards the Korczowa border crossing with Ukraine, according to prosecutors.
The Kyivindependent (Ukraine) reported that Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski had visited Kyiv's main train station on September 10, and that Poland remains concerned about economic competition from Ukraine, particularly in agriculture and trucking.
The BBC (United Kingdom) reported that the Ukrainian embassy in Poland condemned the latest attack, and that a priest had been killed and four others injured in a separate knife attack in south-east Poland.
The attacks have prompted Poland to issue safety updates and prepare for potential threats, with the interior ministry publishing information on how to respond to air attacks and expanding on a safety handbook sent to all 17 million households earlier this year.
Despite the differing details provided by various outlets, all agree that a series of violent incidents, including the latest attack at a Warsaw school, have occurred in Poland, leading to heightened security measures and public concern.
What this adds
The BACKGROUND notes that seven people were injured in a school attack in Poland, while another incident at a convent left one priest dead and four others wounded.
Background
Seven people were injured in a school attack in Poland, while another incident at a convent left one priest dead and four others wounded.
What's confirmed
- On Wednesday, a 19-year-old student at a vocational school in the Mazovian province in central Poland attacked fellow students, teachers and passersby with a sharp object, injuring nine people before fleeing and being arrested nearby.
- The 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.
What's still developing
- By Thursday night, rumours that the attacks were coordinated and that there would be more on the culmination day dubbed “bloody Friday” were being shared in parents' online groups and by mainstream media. 59 schools preemptively suspended classes on Friday across Poland, the majority in the Mazovian district, where the capital Warsaw is located.
- That decision requires unanimity across all EU countries, and Poland remains concerned about specific sectors of its economy that risk being outcompeted by Ukraine, notably in agriculture and trucking.
- Police have issued a grim update regarding an alleged knife rampage at a Catholic convent.
- KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday shortly after senior visiting officials — including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden -- passed through, Ukraine's state rail operator said.
- Bildt, the former Swedish PM, shared a video on X of the attack at Yahodyn station, near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland.
- Poland currently hosts approximately 10,000 US military personnel, though the vast majority are deployed under temporary rotational arrangements rather than permanent stationing frameworks.
- His remarks follow Warsaw’s voiced concerns over cross-border threats and come amid accelerating bilateral negotiations to establish a permanent US Army base in Poland.
- Belarus has reactivated signal relays that help Russian attack drones penetrate deeper into Ukraine, including the western regions bordering Poland, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said.
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- According to the ministry’s own data, Poland currently has about 85,000 shelter points, which could host 23.7 million people, or 64% of the country’s population.
- "As a disciple of Jesus Christ, in my own name, in Father Marek's name and in Father Stanislaw's name, I want to say very clearly that we forgive," Mantykiewicz said during a Sept. 26 Mass at the Benedictine Sisters' abbey in Jaroslaw in a homily that has since gone viral in Poland, sparking thousands of reactions from politicians, clergy and other users on social media.
- Learn more Warsaw, Poland — September 28, 2026 Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email to a friend Print Two days after surviving a knife attack that killed a fellow priest, Father Adrian Mantykiewicz returned to the altar at the Benedictine sisters' abbey in Jaroslaw with a message centered on forgiveness.