Teenager kills caretaker and injures two at Polish primary school

Leszczydol-Nowiny, Poland. A 15-year-old former pupil killed a caretaker and injured two others at a primary school on Thursday, police said. The attack came a day after a 19-year-old wounded 10 people, including himself, at another school in Poland.

Caretaker killed, principal and teacher injured

Authorities said the 37-year-old caretaker died in the attack, which took place at around 0700 GMT in Leszczydol-Nowiny, in Wyszkow County northeast of Warsaw.

Police spokesperson Katarzyna Kucharska told private broadcaster TVN24 that the caretaker was the first person attacked with a sharp object. The principal heard screams and tried to restrain the attacker with help from a teacher; both were injured.

Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galecka said the lives of the two injured people were not in danger.

Galecka said the attacker was a former pupil of the primary school and was currently attending a vocational school. He was carrying three knives and attacked the caretaker, she said, adding that his motives were not yet known.

Prime minister calls emergency meeting

A government spokesperson said Prime Minister Donald Tusk had called an emergency meeting.

Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said police had detained a 17-year-old in a separate incident on Wednesday in Sierpc, in north-central Poland, after he spoke about plans to do “something dangerous” on school grounds.

Teachers alerted police, who intervened and found two knives in his possession, Kierwinski told a press conference. He said data recovered from electronic devices showed online searches about how to organise such a violent event.

Ten injured in earlier school attack

Ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka, in northeastern Poland, on Wednesday. Police detained the 19-year-old suspect, who was among those injured, shortly after the incident.