Law Student Accused of Murdering Woman in Grisly Axe Attack at University
A female staffer at the University of Warsaw in Poland was murdered in a grisly axe attack on campus, according to the BBC.
The staffer, a 53-year-old porter, came "under attack in the main campus building on" the evening of May 7, 2025, BBC reported.
Be forewarned that the details in this article are very disturbing.
The suspect is a 22-year-old Polish man with unclear motives.
He was described as "a third-year law student who was Polish but not from Warsaw," the BBC reported.
The woman and suspect were not named. BBC reported that, after entering the campus, the suspect went to "the university's biggest lecture hall, the Auditorium Maximum building."
According to Fox News, police found a severed head at the scene.
"Police have detained a man who entered the University of Warsaw campus. One person died, another was taken to hospital with injuries," Warsaw police said, according to Fox.
It's not clear whether the victim and suspect knew each other.
According to a translation of Polsat News, a Polish-language news site, the suspect has been accused of "murder with particular cruelty, attempted murder and desecration of a corpse."
Polsat News reported that the victim was attacked with an axe as she closed "the door to the Auditorium Maximum." A guard at the university tried to help her and "was seriously injured," the site reported.
The President of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski wrote, according to Polsat News, that he was "shocked to hear about the macabre crime on the University of Warsaw campus."
He expressed the "deepest sympathy" to the "family and loved ones of the murdered woman. I also hope that the man who was injured in the attack and was helping will fully recover."
The victim was a mother of three, Polsat News reported.
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