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Seventy-one-year-old arrested for stabbing child charged with murder

The attack happened on Karwowskiego Street in Poznań's Łazarz district. According to eyewitness accounts, an older man attacked a group of preschool children who were out on a trip to the post office under the supervision of teachers. Jakub Kaczmarczyk/PAP

A 71-year-old man placed under arrest by a court for stabbing a 5-year-old boy in Poznan, western Poland, has been charged with murder.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Polish teenager held after weekend mall shooting incident in Stockholm

A 19-year-old Polish citizen and a 19-year-old Kurd were arrested on Tuesday in connection with Saturday's shooting incident in Stockholm in which two people were killed and two were injured.

Polish scientist jailed for spying in Iran is ‘safe and sound’ after being released, say officials

Poland’s foreign ministry spokesman Łukasz Jasina said the scientist “is safe and sound with his family” after he was seized along with others while taking soil samples in a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

US Navy veteran arrives in Poland after months in Russian detention

A US Navy veteran has arrived in Poland after spending months in captivity in Russia, the CNN broadcaster has reported.

Pole detained over NYE knife attack on Israeli tourist in Rome

Italian police have detained a 25-year-old homeless Polish man on charges of injuring a young female tourist from Israel at Rome's main railway station, Roma Termini, on New Year's Eve.

Lukashenko takes credit for release of Polish minority leader

Aleksander Lukashenko, the Belarusian strongman, has claimed that it was thanks to his decision that a Polish minority leader was released in March after a year spent in prison and moved to house arrest.

Polish professor held in Iran for spying since LAST YEAR after ‘caught taking soil samples’ at missile test site

Microbiologist Maciej Walczak (R) from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń was seized along with several others including a British diplomat while taking soil samples in what authorities describe as a restricted area where rocket tests were being held.

Belarus detains another Polish minority official - website

Belarusian authorities have detained the deputy head of the Union of Poles in Belarus (ZPB), Renata Dziemiańczuk, a Belarusian website has reported.

Detention centre girls wow internet by posing as stars in stunning black and white calendar

In an attempt to dispel stereotypes that women in correction facilities are ‘ugly and degenerate’ the nine girls from the Juvenile Detention Centre in Zawiercie in southern Poland posed for a stunning set of photos as stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe.

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