Poland: Knife attack at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny

Oct 8, 2026

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Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News A firefighter is seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0069
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News People gather outside after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0066
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Police officers are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0062
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News A drone picture shows the school and surroundings after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0052
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News A drone picture shows the school and surroundings after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0050
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News A drone picture shows the school and surroundings after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0048
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News A drone picture shows the school and surroundings after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0047
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Police officers are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0030
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News People gather outside after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0028
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News People gather outside after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0027
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0021
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0019
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0018
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0015
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0012
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News People gather outside after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0011
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Police blocks the road after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0010
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Bikes are seen parked outside the school after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0009
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0008
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0007
Stabbing attack at a primary school in Poland Photo: Wojciech Olkusnik East News Emergency services are seen at the site after a knife attack at the local primary school on October 8, 2026 in the village of Leszczydol-Nowiny in central Poland, approximately 60 km north-east of Warsaw. A 15-year-old school graduate entered the building armed with a knife and fatally stabbed the janitor and wounded two teachers trying to overpower him. According to the police the perpetrator was wearing a helmet with a camera and planned to record the attack. A day earlier a stabbing attack, where nine people were wounded, occurred in a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, 50 km north of today s site. EN_01685559_0006

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