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Schools and kindergartens in parts of Poland closed or switched to remote learning on Friday after two attacks at schools left one person dead and several injured. Police also detained 10 people across the country over threats against educational institutions, Polish broadcaster TVP World reported.
In Wyszkow, north of Warsaw, authorities closed municipal primary schools and kindergartens after a cleaner was killed at a nearby school on Thursday. A 15-year-old suspect was detained after the attack, which also injured two people.
Investigators believe a helmet camera worn by the suspect may have been intended to livestream the attack.
On Wednesday, a 19-year-old carried out a machete attack at a school in Ostroleka, northeast of Warsaw, injuring nine people as well as himself. He was also found with an improvised explosive device.
Other schools in the region tightened security, with some advising parents to keep children at home.
Officials said the school closures were not connected to an AI-generated video threatening a “Bloody Friday massacre.” Police detained a 17-year-old suspected of making the video, which threatened widespread knife attacks.
Police said on Friday they had inspected more than 10,000 facilities and detained 10 people nationwide as they investigated threats. “Every signal, even the smallest one, is being thoroughly checked,” police said in a statement on “X”, adding that cybercrime officers were monitoring the internet around the clock.
Police also detained a teenager in Sierpc on Wednesday over a suspected plan to attack his school. All three incidents took place in the Mazowsze region surrounding Warsaw.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for police to visit every school at least once a day during routine patrols. He warned of possible copycat attacks and what he described as a “cult of violence” among some young people.
