15-year-old stabbed during town festival in Kamienna Góra, two 16-year-olds held by police

Attack on Friday evening

A 15-year-old boy was attacked with a dangerous sharp instrument on Friday, 7 August, shortly after 19:00 at ul. Księcia Bolka in Kamienna Góra, Lower Silesia. Police from the County Police Headquarters were alerted that a teenager had been wounded by a dangerous object at a building on ul. Księcia Bolka I. The victim was transported to hospital in a serious, life-threatening condition. An air ambulance helicopter from the Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe (LPR) and the fire brigade were dispatched to the location. According to media findings, the teenager was probably wounded with a knife, though police have not confirmed the type of weapon.

The police spokesperson, mł. asp. Katarzyna Trzepak, told TVN24 that officers did not yet know what specific dangerous instrument had been used.

After 19:00, officers from the County Police Headquarters in Kamienna Góra were informed that at a building on ul. Księcia Bolka I there had been a wounding with a dangerous object, because we really do not yet know with what dangerous instrument this 15-year-old was wounded. The young man was taken to hospital, his condition is described as serious.

Two 16-year-olds located

By late Friday evening, after 22:00, Trzepak announced that police were conducting activities with two 16-year-old boys who may be connected to the attack. Officers had located the minors and were carrying out proceedings with them. She stated that all participants in the incident were residents of Kamienna Góra. Police had initially launched a manhunt for the perpetrator or perpetrators, uncertain whether the boy had been attacked by one person or multiple aggressors. The attacker fled the scene after wounding the victim.

The search was complicated by large crowds in the area, as the Zalew Fest 2026 festival had begun that same day. The event, part of the Dni Kamiennej Góry celebrations running from 7 August through Sunday, was taking place several hundred metres from the attack site. Authorities did not interrupt the festival, noting it was being secured by dozens of officers and a private security firm. Police stated that residents could feel safe at the event.

Trzepak told RMF FM reporter Michał Krasoń that officers were conducting both procedural and operational activities at the scene.

Officers from Kamienna Góra are conducting both procedural and operational activities on site, aimed at clarifying all circumstances of this incident, and of course at bringing about the detention of the suspect or suspects of this act.

Previous violent incident

The stabbing was the second violent attack in Kamienna Góra in recent days. On the preceding Monday, a 33-year-old man was stabbed and hospitalised in a life-threatening condition. The perpetrator in that case was temporarily arrested and awaits trial. Police have not disclosed further details about the relationship between the two 16-year-olds and the attack on the 15-year-old, nor have they confirmed what weapon was used. The Ministry of Health separately reminded the public of the obligation to provide first aid, stressing that bleeding should be stopped immediately before medical help arrives.