华沙，10月13日 - 波兰零售商周二表示，在最近三起校园持刀袭击事件之后，他们开始从货架上下架一些万圣节主题商品，如仿制刀具。
WARSAW, Oct 13 - Polish retailers have begun removing some Halloween-themed products such as fake knives from shelves following three recent stabbing attacks at schools, company representatives said on Tuesday.
自上周末以来，数千名警察已被部署到学校，此前两天连续发生两起涉及青少年的持刀事件。
Thousands of police officers have been deployed to schools since the end of last week after two stabbing incidents involving teenagers on consecutive days.
政客们指出，社交媒体、电子游戏以及总理唐纳德·塔斯克所说的“一种非常令人担忧的暴力趋势”具有负面影响。
Politicians have pointed to the negative influence of social media, video games and what Prime Minister Donald Tusk called "a very grim trend of violence".
作为回应，一些大型零售商，包括拥有约3900家门店的波兰最大零售连锁店Jeronimo Martins的Biedronka，表示他们将缩减万圣节商品范围，下架诸如仿制刀具和恐怖服装等物品。
In response, some major retailers, including Jeronimo Martins' Biedronka, Poland's largest retail chain with about 3,900 stores, said they would scale back their Halloween ranges, removing items such as fake knives and gruesome costumes.
“出于对儿童和青少年福祉的关切，我们决定昨天撤下可能引起非预期联想的选定万圣节商品，”Biedronka类别总监Małgorzata Polakowska说道。
"Guided by concern for the welfare of children and youth, we decided yesterday to withdraw selected Halloween products that may arouse unintended associations," Biedronka category director Małgorzata Polakowska said.
儿童零售商Smyk表示，他们将在全店网络中下架带有模仿危险工具图案的配饰，如塑料刀和砍刀。
Children's retailer Smyk said it was withdrawing accessories featuring motifs that imitate dangerous tools, such as plastic knives and cleavers, across its store network.
“我们认为，在当前情况下，此类物品出现在面向家庭的商店货架上是不合适的，”Smyk在一份声明中表示。
"We believe that in the current circumstances, the presence of such items on the shelves of a store whose offer is directed to families is inappropriate," Smyk said in a statement.
尽管万圣节并非波兰传统节日，但受西方流行文化影响，年轻人中广泛庆祝该节日。
Although Halloween is not a traditional Polish holiday, it is widely celebrated by young people influenced by Western popular culture.
最新袭击事件发生在周六，当时在华沙的一所继续教育学院，三人受伤，这是波兰四天内第三起教育机构持刀袭击事件。
The latest attack occurred on Saturday, when three people were injured at a further education college in Warsaw, Poland's third stabbing attack at an educational institution in four days.
周四，一名戴着头盔摄像头的15岁前学生在华沙东北部Leszczydol-Nowiny的一所小学杀害了一名看护人员，并伤害了另外两名工作人员。
On Thursday, a 15-year-old former pupil wearing a helmet-mounted camera killed a caretaker and injured two other staff members at a primary school in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of Warsaw.
周三，一名19岁青年在首都北部Ostroleka的一所学校中伤害了10人，包括他自己。
On Wednesday, a 19-year-old wounded 10 people including himself at a school in Ostroleka, north of the capital.