Ax attack at university leaves 1 dead, 1 injured as police reportedly find severed head at scene

A woman's caput was reportedly severed Wednesday erstwhile a antheral began attacking radical with an ax connected a assemblage field successful Poland.

Polish constabulary said a antheral was detained aft helium killed 1 idiosyncratic with an ax astatine Warsaw University.

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Police unafraid an country connected the Warsaw University field aft an onslaught with an ax, successful Warsaw, Poland, connected Wednesday. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)

"Police person detained a antheral who entered the University of Warsaw campus. One idiosyncratic died, different was taken to infirmary with injuries," Warsaw Police said successful a connection connected X.

The incidental happened astatine astir 1:40 p.m. section clip erstwhile the 22-year-old antheral entered the campus. 

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Police unafraid the Warsaw University campus, May 7, 2025. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)

"One idiosyncratic died, the different was taken to infirmary with superior injuries," Warsaw constabulary said. "Prosecutors and constabulary are moving connected site. Actions successful progress."

Private broadcaster Polsat News reported that a woman's severed caput and an ax had been recovered astatine the school, Reuters reported. 

In a statement, the Rector astatine the University of Warsaw said an worker was "brutally murdered" and an worker moving arsenic a defender was "seriously injured."

"The perpetrator has been caught. We explicit our large sorrow and sympathy to the household and loved ones," the schoolhouse said. 

The schoolhouse has declared Thursday, May 8 arsenic a time of mourning. 

Police run adjacent the main entree to the Warsaw University. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)

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A spokesperson for the territory prosecutor's bureau told the quality outlet that a pistillate assemblage administrative worker was killed astatine the country and a information defender was injured and taken to infirmary successful a captious condition.