Poland’s police chief was hospitalized after a grenade launcher he was gifted from a Ukrainian official exploded Wednesday, a report said.
Jaroslaw Szymczyk, Commander in Chief of the Polish police, was injured after the gift exploded contained in the department’s Warsaw, Poland headquarters, the inside ministry announced.
Though officials haven’t revealed what the gift was, polish outlet Wyborcza reported that it was a grenade launcher.
Szymczyk had been given the offering by considered one of the heads of the Ukrainian emergency services during his visit to the war-torn country earlier this week.
The gift blew up at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the highest cop returned home, within the room next to Szymczyk.
“Consequently of the explosion, the Commander suffered minor injuries and has been within the hospital for statement since yesterday,” a ministry statement said.
A civilian worker was also injured within the explosion but didn’t should be hospitalized.
The ceiling and ground floor of the room collapsed and the rooms on the second floor sustained some damage, Polish news site RMF 24 reported.
Polish authorities have asked Ukrainian officials to “provide relevant explanations” as to why the gift exploded. The case is being investigated.
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Poland’s police chief was hospitalized after a grenade launcher he was gifted from a Ukrainian official exploded Wednesday, a report said.
Jaroslaw Szymczyk, Commander in Chief of the Polish police, was injured after the gift exploded contained in the department’s Warsaw, Poland headquarters, the inside ministry announced.
Though officials haven’t revealed what the gift was, polish outlet Wyborcza reported that it was a grenade launcher.
Szymczyk had been given the offering by considered one of the heads of the Ukrainian emergency services during his visit to the war-torn country earlier this week.
The gift blew up at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the highest cop returned home, within the room next to Szymczyk.
“Consequently of the explosion, the Commander suffered minor injuries and has been within the hospital for statement since yesterday,” a ministry statement said.
A civilian worker was also injured within the explosion but didn’t should be hospitalized.
The ceiling and ground floor of the room collapsed and the rooms on the second floor sustained some damage, Polish news site RMF 24 reported.
Polish authorities have asked Ukrainian officials to “provide relevant explanations” as to why the gift exploded. The case is being investigated.
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