Polish police detain man after he killed 1 person with axe

8/5/2025 6:08

Polish police said on

Wednesday they had detained a man after he killed one person

with an axe in an attack at Warsaw University.



"Police have detained a man who entered the University of

Warsaw campus. One person died, another was taken to hospital

with injuries," Warsaw Police said in a statement on X.



They said the incident occurred at around 6:40 p.m.

(1640 GMT), when the man attacked people on the campus with an

axe, adding that the detainee was a 22-year-old Polish citizen.



Private broadcaster Polsat News reported that a woman's

severed head and an axe had been found at the university.



A spokesperson for the district prosecutor's office

declined to comment on whether a severed head had been found.



The spokesperson said that a female administrative

employee of the university had been killed at the scene and a

security guard was injured and was taken to hospital in a

critical condition.



He said that the attacker had entered an auditorium at

the unniversity.