Following the tragic events in Gdańsk, police arrested people who threatened others with death. A few days ago, officers arrested a 36-year-old resident of Legnica suspected of publicly inciting crimes against peace and humanity. The man was arrested by officers from the cybercrime division of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Wrocław and police officers from Legnica.
The 36-year-old man called for crimes and mass suicides on one of the social media platforms. During a search of the Legnica resident’s apartment, officers seized devices containing storage media. As the lca.pl portal reports, the man was looking for people who no longer cared about anything and were ready to commit suicide and murder. The targets were allegedly to be authorities, bank employees, officials and residents of Legnica.
Police also arrested a 41-year-old man from a town near Poznań. The man threatened the mayors of Wrocław and Poznań on Twitter. Meanwhile, a 72-year-old man arrested in Warsaw called the Provincial Emergency Notification Centre and threatened the head of state, saying: “Adamowicz died, and tomorrow Andrzej Duda may die.”
Police across the country have already arrested more than twenty people suspected of making threats against mayors, public administration representatives, local-government officials and politicians, as well as people who publicly mocked the death of the tragically deceased President of Gdańsk. Prosecutors’ offices were notified of the arrests and were provided with the collected evidence. The National Police Headquarters thanks all citizens and the media for their vigilance and for providing the Police with information about unlawful posts and comments. At the same time, we remind everyone that we are neither anonymous nor free from consequences in cyberspace, and every action we take leaves a trace.
Police appeal to everyone to use online portals and messaging services sensibly and responsibly. Officers remind people that they are accountable for every unlawful act, as well as for words directed at other people through various channels. People often take insults or criminal threats lightly, especially when they are made by telephone or electronic media. They do not realise that in each such situation, at the request of the injured party, they may face serious legal consequences. Such people must not feel unpunished. Police officers across the country continuously monitor the internet and have the means to identify and arrest the perpetrators of this type of crime and bring them to criminal justice.