Masovian governor Mariusz Frankowski said ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka, including the 19-year-old student who was detained. He said nine people were taken to hospital and none was in a life-threatening condition.
Ten people were injured in a knife attack at a school in Ostroleka in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, Masovian regional governor Mariusz Frankowski said, Reuters reported from Warsaw.
Frankowski said nine people had been taken to hospital and that none was in a life-threatening condition. The injured included five students, two teachers, two bystanders and the perpetrator, who inflicted self-harm, he said. Police detained the 19-year-old suspect, a student at the school, shortly after the incident.
Police said he attacked people with a machete. Bomb-disposal experts were called. National prosecutor Dariusz Korneluk told TVN24 that a homemade explosive device that nearly detonated was found in the attacker's backpack.
Reuters said the governor's account replaced earlier reports of a lower injury count. No court charging document was cited in the dispatch.
Poland is outside this brief's country list, so the row is filed as World. The casualty figures are the governor's, not an independent medical tally.
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- Mariusz Frankowski said none of the people taken to hospital was in a life-threatening condition.