Poland deploys over 20,000 police to schools after spate of stabbing attacks


A woman embraces a child, as emergency services (not pictured) work at the site of a deadly attack at a school by a 15-year-old former pupil, in Leszczydol-Nowiny, Wyszkow County, northeast of Warsaw, Poland, October 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A major ⁠police operation was underway in Poland on Monday to ensure security ⁠in schools after three recent stabbing attacks, as Prime Minister Donald ‌Tusk vowed to confront what he described as a growing trend of youth violence.

Authorities have dismissed rumours that the attacks were linked to an online challenge or organised group, but Tusk told ​a crisis meeting on Sunday that the glorification ⁠of violence in some corners of ⁠the internet was having a damaging effect on young people.

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