Man gained access to orphanage and attacked its residents on Tuesday night in village near city of Lodz
Five people were hospitalised as a result of the incident in the village of Tomislawice. Map: DatawrapperA man gained access into an orphanage in Poland, killing a teenage girl and injuring nine other people in a knife attack late on Tuesday, police in the central city of Lodz said.
Police received information shortly after 9pm Irish time on Tuesday that a 19-year-old man had entered the orphanage in the village of Tomislawice near Lodz, and attacked residents with a sharp object, police spokesperson Aneta Sobieraj said. “We know that the most serious wounds were suffered by a 16-year-old girl, a ward of this orphanage, who died on the spot,” she said.
Five people were hospitalised as a result of the incident, but their lives were not in danger, Ms Sobieraj said. Four others were treated on the spot.
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