Poland: Teen Kills Caretaker in Second School Attack in Days
The Facts
- A 15-year-old former pupil killed a 37-year-old caretaker and injured two others Thursday at a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw, in Poland's second youth stabbing in two days. Two teachers were hurt while trying to restrain the attacker.
- This comes after a 19-year-old student attacked fellow students, teachers and passersby with a sharp object Wednesday at the Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostrołęka, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Warsaw, injuring nine people.
- Five students, two teachers and two passersby were injured in Wednesday's attack, though none of the injuries were life-threatening. Police said a machete was used, and students barricaded themselves in classrooms before evacuation.
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The Spin
Left narrative
Violence gets packaged as entertainment online, with tragic consequences when vulnerable teens find themselves radicalized. Tools to block content glorifying mass killers belong in government hands, and stalling that under a free speech banner costs lives. Poland needs prevention programs built for this new threat, as the disturbing trend of violent youth extremism, often live-streamed, continues.
Right narrative
Handing officials a switch to erase online content would do nothing to stop a teenager with a knife and everything to please bureaucrats in Brussels who want more control over speech. Pinning a school tragedy on a presidential veto is cheap politics from a government that keeps failing at the basic job of keeping classrooms safe. Security gaps and possible foreign connections deserve answers first.
