WARSAW: 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 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.
In a separate incident, a 61-year-old man remains hospitalised after a masked attacker stabbed him in the back in central Warsaw on Tuesday.
Police are searching for the attacker.