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11-Year-Old Found Fatally Stabbed Near Polish School as 12-Year-Old Classmate Is Detained

A family court is handling the case with no motive disclosed.

Overview

  • Police say witnesses reported a fight between two girls on Wyspiańskiego Street in Jelenia Góra on Monday afternoon.
  • Officers found the 11-year-old lying dead by a stream with injuries consistent with a sharp weapon.
  • Prosecutors say a fixed-blade hunting knife described as a Russian “Finka” was recovered as evidence.
  • Authorities identified a 12-year-old from the same primary school as the suspect, who has been questioned and placed in court-ordered detention.
  • Poland’s Interior Ministry is sending 16 psychologists to support the community, and the mayor plans a city day of mourning on the day of the funeral.