Attacks in schools in Poland: law enforcement officers detained more than a hundred people
Prime Minister Польщі Дональд Туск said that a series of attacks in educational institutions of the country is not a large-scale organized group. In his opinion, cases of violence are often spontaneous and associated with the activity of young people on the Internet.
Tusk said this during a special meeting with the participation of ministers and security services, convened due to recent attacks and threats to schools.
«Ми не маємо справи з жодною масштабною організованою групою людей, які мають план створити відчуття загрози», said the Prime Minister.
According to Tusk, in recent years in Poland and other countries of the world, the enthusiasm for violence has increased. He also drew attention to online communities, whose participants are interested in Nazi content and honor mass murderers.
«Це дуже часто спонтанна поведінка, що випливає переважно з онлайн-активності», the head of the Polish government explained.
The Minister of Internal Affairs Польщі Марчин Кервінський reported that law enforcement officers detained 117 people. These are mostly teenagers aged from 13 to 19 years, who are suspected of threats of attacks or other dangerous actions. In general, the police checked about 65 thousand educational institutions.
From Monday, about 20 thousand police officers will be on duty near schools and other educational institutions. Increased inspections will last as long as it takes to ensure the safety of students and employees of institutions.
We will remind, on the eve of 9 October in Polish social networks spread messages about the alleged planned series of attacks on schools, called «кривавою п’ятницею». Because of these threats in certain settlements canceled classroom or strengthened the security of educational institutions.
This was preceded by several attacks with knives. 7 October 19-year-old man attacked students, school staff and passers-by in the city of Ostrolenka. The next day in the village of Leschidul-Noviny near Vyshkov 15- an old former student attacked the school staff. As a result, died 37- year-old cleaner, two more people were injured. 10 October There was another attack - in a school in Warsaw injured three people.
