Poland detains 76 people after two school attacks
After two attacks on schools in Poland that left one person dead and several injured, police have checked almost 50,000 educational institutions and detained 76 people. Authorities say they have found no evidence linking the two incidents.
Police in Poland have carried out a sweeping series of checks after two attacks on schools: almost 50,000 educational institutions across the country have been inspected, and 76 people have been detained. One person died and several were injured in the two incidents.
One of the attacks took place at the John Paul II primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny. On 8 October this year, a 15-year-old youth fatally stabbed a caretaker of his former school and wounded two other adults. Afterwards, parents met their children outside the school and hugged them.
Rumours of coordinated attacks
Rumours have spread online claiming that the attacks were coordinated. Polish authorities say there is so far no evidence that the two attacks are connected to each other, nor of any such coordination.
The source gives no further details about the second attack or about why the 76 people were detained.
