11 May,2023 08:15 AM IST | Warsaw | Agencies
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A 16-year-old girl was killed and nine other people were injured in a knife attack in an orphanage in central Poland, authorities said on Wednesday.
The attack in Tomislawice, near the town of Lodz, took place late Tuesday. A 19-year-old man suspected of the attack has been arrested, according to Aneta Sobieraj, spokeswoman for police in the Lodz region.
Four wounded children and a tutor were hospitalised but their injuries are not life-threatening. Four other victims did not need hospital treatment.
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