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Daily Mirror
08-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Uni porter was locking up for the night – moments later she was decapitated
The 57-year-old porter was at the doors of a 1,200-seat auditorium at Warsaw University, locking up during her early evening shift when she was brutally attacked and lost her life A woman working as a porter at a university was simply locking the doors to its 1,200-seat auditorium when an axe-wielding student pounced and brutally decapitated her. The horrific incident at the Warsaw University in Poland saw dozens of police storm the campus last night as the 22-year-old suspect was caught. He had reportedly "scattered" the 57-year-old woman's body parts, which had been hacked off in the brutal attack, around the grounds and university buildings. He is also accused of attacking a 39-year-old security guard who was left in a critical condition and remains in hospital following the near-fatal assault. The attack took place at around 6.45pm local time (about 5.45pm BST) at the Auditorium Maximum, a significant building within the Faculty of Law and Administration which can hold hundreds of students. The woman was making her final rounds, making sure all doors were locked when she was spotted by the attacker. It is said the security guard heard the brutal attack on the woman and attempted to intervene before he was also badly media reports suggest a severed head was recovered from the scene. One eyewitness, a student named Filip, said: "I was in shock; I never expected to witness something like this. We passed by the porter regularly, and it's terrifying to think the attacker could be someone from our own cohort." Another student said: "The perpetrator seemed insane, he was delirious, he said shocking things about what he wanted to do to this woman." And a law student named Gabriela added: "It's terrifying that we could have passed the perpetrator in the hallway and gone to classes together." Warsaw Police said: "Police have detained a man who entered the University of Warsaw campus. One person died, another was taken to hospital with injuries." University of Warsaw confirmed an employee was killed following the rampage. In a statement, it said: "Ladies and Gentlemen, today in the afternoon the University of Warsaw Community was struck by a huge tragedy. Our colleague, a UW employee, was brutally murdered. "The perpetrator was arrested. We express our great sorrow and sympathy to the family and loved ones. A university guard was also seriously injured. Due to the current situation, I am declaring tomorrow, May 8, 2025, a day of mourning at the University of Warsaw. "On behalf of the entire University of Warsaw community. Rector and College of Rectors of the University of Warsaw." Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski expressed his shock at what he described as a "macabre crime" on the campus. "This brutal attack must be severely punished," he said. The university had been due to host its annual music festival Juwenalia on Friday and Saturday. It has since been cancelled. According to the Warsaw prosecutor's office the murder was captured on CCTV cameras inside the university building.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Woman killed, security guard seriously injured in axe attack at Polish university
May 8 (UPI) -- A female employee at Warsaw University in Poland was killed and a second worker was seriously injured by an axe-wielding intruder. Police said they had detained a 22-year-old man who is Polish. The attack on the campus of the university in the capital occurred at around 6:40 p.m. local time Wednesday evening, the Warsaw Police Department said in a post on X. "A man entered the University of Warsaw Campus and attacked the people there with an axe. He is a 22-year-old Polish citizen. One person died, the other was taken to hospital with serious injuries. "Prosecutors and police are working at the scene," said police. A local prosecutor told the BBC that the suspect was a law student in his third year at the university who was not from Warsaw. The university said in a statement that the victim, a member of staff, was attacked in the main campus building and that a university security guard was seriously injured when he attempted to intervene. Saying the University of Warsaw community had been "struck by a terrible tragedy," university officials delcared a day of mourning Thursday, canceled all classes and ordered security be stepped up. "Our colleague, a UW employee, was brutally murdered. The perpetrator has been caught," Alojzy Nowak, the university's rector, said in a statement. "We express our great sorrow and sympathy to the family and loved ones. A member of university security was also seriously injured," he said. Local reports said the woman was a 53-year-old porter at the university who died at the scene and the man who was injured was aged 39. Justice Minister Adam Bodnar, who was attending an event in an adjacent lecture theater, said one of his officers rushed to the aid of the two victims and engaged with the attacker. Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski said it was a "macabre attack" that had left him shocked. "This brutal attack must be met with severe punishment," he wrote on social media. The university also canceled its annual two-day Juwenalia music festival which had been due to get underway Friday. The university, Poland's largest higher-education institution, employs more than 8,000 staff and has 36,300 students, more than 3,600 of them international students and doctoral candidates, according to its website.
