The measures follow an operation on Oct. 9, called 'Bloody Friday,' where police inspected over 10,000 schools in response to coordinated threats on social media. Officers detained up to 15 teenagers for possessing knives or issuing death threats. The current wave of violence began on Oct. 7 when a 19 year old injured 10 people in Ostrołęka. Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński stated that at least one suspect had used the internet to research how to carry out attacks.
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Poland Deploys 20,000 Police to Schools After Youth Stabbings
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National authorities have ordered a security crackdown at campuses following a cluster of knife attacks that left one person dead and dozens injured. More than 20,000 officers are now stationed at educational facilities to prevent copycat violence after three youth led stabbing incidents occurred between Oct. 7 and Oct. 10. The surge follows a fatal attack at a primary school in Leszczydół-Nowiny by a 15 year old former student and a recent assault by a 21 year old at a Warsaw college that wounded three people.
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