Police officers from Ostrołęka, near the municipal beach, detained a 19-year-old man suspected of attacking people
Polish police have arrested a 19-year-old man after a knife attack at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, north of Warsaw, left at least seven people injured on Wednesday, according to police and local authorities. 4.
The provincial police headquarters said the man was detained after emergency services were called to Vocational School Complex No. Police said the attack took place at around 11am and that the attacker used a “sharp object”. The suspect was a student at the school, police said. He said authorities were at the school seeking to clarify “all the circumstances of the incident”. Police said the seven injured included both students and teachers.
He was also wounded when he was arrested and was taken to hospital. Police did not immediately provide details about the severity of his injuries. Police later published a photograph on X showing an officer with his hand on the back of a person lying on the ground with their hands tied behind their back. The person’s face and hands were pixelated in the image. The incident prompted a major emergency response at the school, while police began an investigation into the circumstances of the attack.