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- 3d ago
Two Polish police officers charged after 51-year-old dies following hospital escape
Prosecutors in Ostrołęka have charged two officers from the Małkinia police station after a 51-year-old man fled from a hospital and later died. One officer is also accused of firing three shots at the fleeing man without legal basis.
- Oct 16
Poland summons Google, Meta, TikTok and X over violent content after school attacks
Poland's digital minister summoned Google, Meta, TikTok, Discord and Telegram on Friday, 16 October, after knife attacks at schools. X did not attend, and only 30 of 89 flagged posts were removed.
- Oct 15
Polish retailers pull Halloween masks and fake knives after school knife attacks
Biedronka, Action, Carrefour Polska, Auchan and SMYK are withdrawing Halloween items after knife attacks in Polish schools, one of which left a 37-year-old woman school worker dead.
- Oct 13
Alleged spraying of unknown substance at Mińsk Mazowiecki school evacuates 346
Fire crews and police responded on Tuesday, 13 October, after a report of an unknown substance sprayed at the Mechanik vocational school. Crews later detected trace amounts of ammonia, but no suspicious solid or liquid substance was found at the scene.
- Oct 12
Police check over 108,000 Polish schools after knife attacks, 167 detained
Police recorded 415 incidents with suspected criminal offences and detained 167 people as of 6 am on Tuesday, 13 October. The nationwide operation follows a week of knife attacks in schools, one of which killed a 37-year-old woman caretaker.
- Oct 9
Czarnek praises Nowacka's school phone ban amid knife attacks in Polish schools
PiS vice-president Przemysław Czarnek backed limits on children's social media use and praised the education ministry's school phone ban. His comments came days after knife attacks at schools in Ostrołęka and Leszczydół-Nowiny in Mazovia.
- Oct 9
Ostrołęka school attacker charged with nine counts, court weighs three-month arrest
A 19-year-old pupil who wounded nine people at a vocational school in Ostrołęka on Wednesday was charged on Thursday with nine counts, including attempted murder with explosives. A court began hearing a request for three months of temporary arrest on Friday afternoon.
- Oct 1
Polish prosecutors identify skeletonized remains found in Ciechanów as Ostrołęka man
DNA comparisons confirmed that human remains discovered by dog walkers along Płocka Street belonged to a man from the Ostrołęka area who was likely homeless at the time of his death.
- Jun 13
After 33-year break, passenger trains return to Łomża; Warsaw link planned for 2027
Prime Minister Donald Tusk rode the first train from Ostrołęka to Łomża on Saturday, ending a 33-year hiatus. Regular service begins Sunday, connecting Łomża with Białystok, Ostrołęka, and Olsztyn.
