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Poland detains 76 after school attacks
Police expanded checks nationwide after three school attacks in less than a week.
What happened
Polish police detained 76 people and checked nearly 50,000 educational institutions amid three school attacks in less than a week. A 21-year-old woman injured three people at a Warsaw educational institution on Saturday. Police increased patrols and monitored online threats as some schools suspended classes.
Numbers
- 76people detained nationwide
- Nearly 50,000educational institutions checked nationwide
- 231incidents recorded by police — Figure reported by Saturday morning
- 3 injuredpeople injured in Warsaw
Questions
- Were detainees accused of the attacks?
- No. Most were teenagers detained over online threats rather than identified assailants, while police continued examining individual incidents and allegations.
- Why did police expand school checks?
- Two attacks in Mazovia had left one school worker dead and others injured before threat reports spread online.
- How did schools respond on Friday?
- Some institutions suspended classes, while others added entrance staff, offered voluntary backpack checks and received police patrols on Friday.
- What was known about Warsaw victims?
- Police said none of the injuries was life-threatening; one teenage victim was taken to hospital with a forearm wound.
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The catch
Coverage has not linked the detainees to any of the school attacks.
Police were still examining circumstances.