A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder after apparently attacking a 10-year-old girl with an axe on Wednesday in a bookshop in Kamienna Góra, south west Poland.

Samuel N. (name withheld under Polish privacy laws) has confessed to the crime and confirmed that he did not know the girl or her family prior to the incident.

According to the Prosecutor's Office in nearby Jelenia Góra, the 27-year-old explained that he had been out of work for nearly two months.

On the day of the murder, he went to the District Labour Office in Kamienna Góra after receiving a letter informing him that he was not entitled to unemployment benefits. He apparently took an axe with him in his bag.

According to staff at the office, he behaved in an agitated way, banging his fist on the table, and he was duly asked to leave.

Later, he vented his frustration on the ten-year-old girl, who he spotted in a bookshop on the Market Square with her parents.



After striking the girl in the head with the axe, he tried to flee the scene but was stopped by witnesses.

Samuel N. apparently submitted his testimony calmly and said that he regretted attacking the girl, who was flown by helicopter to a hospital but did not survive.

Tests have been taken to determine whether he was under the influence of narcotics.

Samuel N. could serve a life sentence for the crime. (nh)

Source: IAR

