# Poland hit by second school attack in two days

> A 15-year-old killed one person and injured two at a Polish school on Thursday, the second such attack in as many days.
- Title: Poland hit by second school attack in two days | Shortify
- Summary: A 15-year-old killed one person and injured two at a Polish school on Thursday, the second such attack in as many days. A fifteen-year-old former pupil…
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- Source: Daily Maverick — https://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-08-one-dead-two-injured-in-polands-second-school-attack-in-two-days
- Author: Reuters
- Published: 2026-10-08T12:33:02+00:00
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- Topics: breaking, poland, school attack, knife attack, ostroleka, wyszkow county, warsaw, news, politics
## Second attack in two days
A fifteen-year-old former pupil killed one person and injured two others at a Polish school on Thursday, police said, just a day after a nineteen-year-old wounded ten people at another school.
## Leszczydol-Nowiny attack details
The fifteen-year-old entered a school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, in Wyszkow County northeast of Warsaw, at around nine a.m. and wounded three staff members with a sharp object. The principal apprehended the attacker.
## One killed, separate plot foiled
Despite resuscitation efforts, a thirty-seven-year-old school employee could not be saved. Interior minister Marcin Kierwinski said police detained a seventeen-year-old in Sierpc planning an attack, finding two knives in his backpack.

> Despite resuscitation efforts, the life of a 37-year-old school employee could not be saved.
## Key takeaway

A fifteen-year-old former pupil killed a school employee and injured two others in Poland on October eighth, the second school attack in two days.