According to a report by The Associated Press on October 11, there have been attacks in several schools in Poland recently. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated on the 11th that these attacks were "spontaneous actions" influenced by violent content posted online.
Over the past week, three campus attacks occurred within four days in Mazovia Province in central Poland, resulting in 1 death and several injuries, including children.
Previously, rumors of coordinated actions behind these attacks and more attacks expected during ‘Bloody Friday’ spread among parent groups and mainstream media. These rumors led to preventive measures taken by 59 schools in Poland on Friday (the 9th), with most of them located in Masovschshire province.
Over the past few days, the Polish police have inspected 64,000 schools across the country. As of the morning of November, the police have detained 117 people suspected of carrying knives or other dangerous weapons, or threatening to attack schools and other students.
"We are not facing organized large-scale gangs," Tusk spoke at a crisis response meeting with government and security departments on the 11th, "These are usually spontaneous acts of violence triggered by online activity."
"Over the past few years and several months, we have noticed that people's fascination with violence has been rising, whether globally or in Poland. Tucker said."
Regarding Poland, Tusk said, "Some of the detainees are active in extreme right-wing circles." He noted that authorities have observed a significant increase in searches for content related to Nazism on the internet, as well as searches for "mass murderers who are regarded as online idols."
Tusk said that Polish police will continue to inspect schools across the country next week, in order to prevent children who have been exposed to information related to the previous attacks from having "stupid and dangerous thoughts" and trying to imitate those behaviors.
He also said that there is still a lot of work to be done in Polish society. In particular, parents and teachers need to play an important role in guiding children's online activities. They need to explain to children that "being addicted to these online activities and participating in them can lead to very serious negative consequences."
