Brześć Kujawski school shooting
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~10:00 CET
| Brześć Kujawski school shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brześć Kujawski, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland |
| Date | 27 May 2019 ~10:00 CET |
Attack type | School shooting, School attack |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 3(including the perpetrator,1 from gunfire, 1 from fragments from explosive devices) |
| Perpetrator | Marek Nowak |
On 27 May 2019, a masked former student entered Primary School No. 1 in Brześć Kujawski, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The man detonated firecrackers and fired shots, injuring two people before being detained by staff and arrested by police.[1]
On the morning of 27 May 2019, around 10:00 CET, a masked 18-year-old man, later identified as Marek Nowak[2][3], a former pupil of the school, entered the building armed with a firearm and firecrackers.[4] He threw firecrackers into classrooms and fired multiple shots. An 11-year-old female student was wounded by fragments from the explosive devices, and a 59-year-old school cleaner (sprzątaczka) was shot and injured. Both victims were taken to hospital; their injuries were reported as serious but not life-threatening.[5]
A school custodian confronted the attacker and helped subdue him before police arrived, preventing additional injuries. The assailant was arrested shortly afterwards.[6]
Perpetrator
The attacker, Marek Nowak, was a former student of the same school and was reported to have been undergoing psychiatric treatment prior to the attack.[7] In the days following the shooting, media reported that alarming comments appeared on his social media accounts prior to the event, which were later removed.[8]