Stanisław Ławrynowicz and Janusz Obrąpalski

Stanisław Ławrynowicz and Janusz Obrąpalski were the perpetrators of the Wilno school massacre in Wilno Poland, now Vilnius Lithuania.

Background

Stanisław Ławrynowicz born in 1902 and Janusz Obrąpalski born in 1904 Investigations revealed that the two had founded a communist organization to counteract the principal's strict management of the school and had met the day before to plan their actions. a few days later, a bomb large enough to blow up a large part of the building was found in a classroom.

Attack

On May 6, 1925 at 11:05 a.m. at the joachim lelewel high school during final exams Stanisław was having a conversation with his accomplice and the school principal, Biegański, took the exam from him, then pulled out a revolver and shot him in the shoulder. after emptying the magazine he took a grenade out of his pocket and blew it up so that he and another student Tadeusz Domański were killed and teacher Jankowski was seriously wounded and died eight hours later in the hospital another student Aleksander Zagórski was fatally wounded by shrapnel, Janusz Obrąpalski shot with a revolver wounding the physics teacher, Jan Jankowski, in the stomach and also tried to detonate a grenade but failed and when he felt cornered he shot himself in the head.

As a result of the attack 2 students and 1 teacher were killed and 9 other people were injured.

Victims

• Tadeusz Domański. student
• Aleksander Zagórski. student
• Czesław Jankowski. teacher