Posts Tagged ‘school safety’
Polish police arrest multiple teens over ‘Bloody Friday’ school attack threats
Polish police have arrested a string of young people, mainly for making threats related to school attacks, they said on Friday, as authorities sought to calm fears spurred by rumours online of a “Bloody Friday” after two stabbing sprees in as many days. Social media in Poland has been filled with talk of a supposed…
Read More15-year-old kills janitor as second school attack rocks Poland in two days
A 37-year-old school janitor has died after a 15-year-old former pupil went on a knifing spree at a primary school northeast of Warsaw on Thursday morning, just a day after a machete attack at another Polish school left nine people injured. The 15-year-old entered the John Paul II Primary School in Leszczydół-Nowiny, near the town…
Read MoreU.S. suspect allegedly ‘encouraged, sent money’ to Tumbler Ridge shooter
A person in western Washington State was allegedly in contact with the Tumbler Ridge School shooter for six months before the deadly shooting occurred in February, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. James Cody Bryant, 30, “had been in repeated contact with the shooter, offering advice, sending money and even agreeing to livestream the…
Read MoreOne student killed, eight wounded in Istanbul school stabbing attack
A 15-year-old student stabbed eight pupils at a secondary school in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district on Tuesday morning, killing one, Turkish officials said. The attacker disguised herself in the uniform of the school she targeted before carrying out the attack at Şeyh Şamil Imam Hatip Secondary School in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district, Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said.…
Read MoreKnife rampage at Polish school leaves at least eight injured
At least eight people, mostly students, were injured in a knife attack at a school in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, with two seriously hurt. A 19-year-old student was arrested after fleeing the scene in the city of Ostrołęka, with police detaining him near the city beach around noon. Adrian Stupski from the Ostrołęka fire brigade…
Read MoreFrench students set fire to Paris school entrance on eve of nationwide day of action
Incidents were reported outside schools in France on Monday morning, a day before a major action called by the Union syndicale lycéenne (USL), a high-school students’ union. Students have been protesting over overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities. Among the schools hit on Monday was the Vauquelin secondary school in Paris’s 13th arrondissement, where…
Read MorePortland teen faces domestic terrorism charge
A 15-year-old student accused of causing a toxic chemical reaction inside the Benson Polytechnic High School cafeteria faces a domestic terrorism charge, according to the Oregon Judicial Department. The teenager, born Dec. 7, 2010, is scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. Friday in court of the juvenile court. Court records show the only current charge…
Read MoreAttack at a school in Mexico that leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Two 18-year-old former students carried out an attack inside a school in Torreón, in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, killing a vice principal and injuring three others. Local media reported that the attackers, known as “Los Cuates,” seriously injured a teacher and other students who were on school grounds. The attack led to the…
Read MoreHundreds of French schools remain closed as student protests turn violent
French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycees in their…
Read MoreTeacher killed in student attack at an elementary school in Slovakia, 2 others injured
A teacher was fatally stabbed by a pupil at an elementary school in northwestern Slovakia on Tuesday during an attack in which two other people were seriously injured, authorities said. Police said a 13-year-old suspect was in police custody and that the situation was under control and there was no further threat to the public.…
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