One of the Interior Ministry's first tasks in the administration, under new head Markin Kierwinski, was to investigate the December 2022 incident at police headquarters. Let us remind you that a grenade launcher exploded in the office of the head of the police at that time, General Yaroslav Shimchik. As a result of the accident, Shimchik and a civilian employee of the police headquarters were injured. Initially, the police officers said that an accident occurred during the renovation work at the police station.
“Shocking” conclusions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the administration
According to TVN24, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and administration inspectors have already made the first conclusions of the case investigation. The station describes them as “shocking”. The Police Home Office and the Ministerial Internal Oversight Service, which are set up to investigate such accidents, have not addressed the issue at all.
– as if they never heard about this most famous event in the history of the Polish police. It is shocking, one of the employees of the ministry told the journalists of the channel.
In the material of the station, it is emphasized that the investigation of the accident at the police headquarters is one of the priorities of the new leadership of Internal Affairs and Administration.
Incident at the police station
On December 14, 2022 at 07:50 an explosion occurred in the room adjacent to the police chief's office. According to reports, it was General Yaroslav Szymczyk who had it Launching a grenade launcher into the building. The equipment was brought from Ukraine as president. However, it was not subject to border controls.
After leaving the hospital, the police chief explained that the explosion occurred when he was transporting a grenade launcher from one place to another. The Ukrainian side should have taken care that the anti-tank grenade launchers were worn out and therefore should not pose a threat.
– We asked if the equipment was safe as we were going back across the border and if we could transport it. We were assured that yes, as this device does not contain explosives, it is scrap. I know that Ukrainians give gifts of this type to other representatives of the services, also from Europe, – Commander Szymczyk explained in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”.
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