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Woman injures three in third attack on a Polish school in less than a week

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Police said a 21-year-old woman injured three people in an attack at an educational institution in Warsaw on Saturday, the third attack on a school in Poland in less than a week. Reports describe it as a stabbing or knife attack. Police have detained 76 people across Poland in connection with earlier incidents and have checked tens of thousands of schools, according to Al Jazeera. Two earlier attacks in two days killed a female school caretaker and injured several others, according to the BBC. The incidents have raised concern in Poland about copycat violence among young people.

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What happened

Key points

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  1. Police said a 21-year-old woman injured three people at an educational institution in Warsaw on Saturday.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
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    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    BBC News
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Breitbart News
  2. The attack was the third on a school in Poland in less than a week.

    Reported byLeft1Center1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    BBC News
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    Breitbart News
  3. Reports describe the Warsaw attack as a stabbing or knife attack; police referred to a dangerous object.

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    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    BBC News
  4. Two earlier attacks in two days killed a female school caretaker and injured several others.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  5. Police said they had detained 76 people across Poland in connection with earlier incidents.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

  6. The incidents have raised concern in Poland about copycat violence among young people.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The weapon used in the Warsaw attack.

    The BBC headline and Al Jazeera’s excerpt describe a knife or stabbing; Al Jazeera’s text quotes police saying a “dangerous object” was used.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    1 outlet

    The single left-side report, from Al Jazeera English, leads with the three injured and the series of attacks, and adds the detentions and copycat concern.

    Three injured in third school attack in Poland in less than a week
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines
  • the center

    1 outlet

    The BBC headline names the attacker and the knife, placing the attack in the sequence of the week’s incidents.

    Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines
  • the right

    2 outlets

    Both right-side headlines frame the event as a national shock, with ‘shakes Poland’ and the count of attacks, and Breitbart’s headline reuses an Associated Press report under its own wording.

    A third school attack in less than a week shakes Poland
    The Washington TimesRightAll right-leaning headlines

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What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • three people injured
  • detentions of 76 people
  • police checks of tens of thousands of schools
  • concern about copycat violence

Leaves out

  • the killing of a female school caretaker in an earlier attack

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • knife attack
  • third attack in a week
  • earlier killing of a school caretaker
  • police deployment to schools

Leaves out

  • the detention of 76 people

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • BBC NewsCenter

    Woman injures three people in third Poland school knife attack in a week

    Polish police had already deployed to schools after a female caretaker was killed and several others injured in two earlier attacks in two days.

From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • national shock to Poland
  • third attack in less than a week
  • the 21-year-old woman

Leaves out

  • the killing of a female school caretaker in an earlier attack
  • the detention of 76 people

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • Breitbart NewsFar RightAssociated Press report

    Third School Attack in Less Than a Week Shakes Poland

    Police say a third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw, police said.

  • A third school attack in less than a week shakes Poland

    Police say a third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people inside an educational institution in the capital, Warsaw, police said.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    1 hr 57 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 11:13 AM EDT

  • Center

    1 hr 42 min later

    Its first report, Oct 10, 10:58 AM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    The Washington Times, Oct 10, 9:17 AM EDT

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  1. The Washington TimesRightOct 10, 9:17 AM EDT
  2. Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 10, 9:23 AM EDT
  3. BBC NewsCenterOct 10, 10:58 AM EDT
  4. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 10, 11:13 AM EDT

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