Polish retailers remove some Halloween products after school stabbings

A police officer and a fire fighter stand near a road sign as they 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 13 (Reuters) - Polish retailers ⁠have begun removing some Halloween-themed products such as fake knives from ⁠shelves following three recent stabbing attacks at schools, company representatives ‌said on Tuesday.

Thousands of police officers have been deployed to schools since the end of last week after two stabbing incidents involving teenagers on consecutive days.