Man arrested for praising Kraków attack
Police from the Świętokrzyskie region arrested a man who on social media praised the November attack and threatened a similar assault. During the intervention, he was intoxicated.
Arrest in connection with praising the attack
Officers from the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kielce arrested a 34-year-old resident of Masłów gmina. The man posted on the internet a comment praising the attack on Kraków's Rynek Główny on 7 November and threatened to commit a similar attack — according to reports from wiadomosci.wp.pl.
Functionaries from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime traced the author of the comment. During the arrest at his place of residence, it turned out that the 34-year-old was intoxicated — a test showed approximately 1.5 per mille of alcohol in his body.
After sobering up, the man was questioned and charged with publicly praising the commission of a crime. Preventive measures were applied against the suspect: police supervision, a ban on leaving the country, and a monetary bail. He faces up to one year in prison.
Background — attack in Kraków
The 34-year-old's post directly referenced the incident on Saturday, 7 November at Rynek Główny in Kraków. At that time, a 24-year-old from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski opened fire on the assembled crowd. In the attack, six people were killed, including a foreign tourist, and 15 were injured. The attacker was shot by police officers and died several dozen hours later in hospital.
The investigation also revealed that before the massacre in Kraków, the man had killed three members of his own family in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
Police statement
Świętokrzyskie police officers emphasised in a statement that the internet is not a space free from accountability. Every published comment or shared content can have real legal consequences. The services stressed that there is no tolerance for public support of acts of violence.
Source: Google News PL — Crime (pl)