The Internal Security Agency has submitted documents to the Prosecutor’s Office regarding the detention of two people in Lower Silesia who were supposed to spread disinformation in flooded areas about the plan to blow up dikes – RMF FM reporter Krzysztof Zasada learned.
It’s about two residents of one of the towns near Wrocław detained by the Internal Security Agency.
Investigators from the Lower Silesia department of the National Prosecutor’s Office will evaluate the evidence collected and decide whether to initiate an investigation into the matter and, if so, on what basis.
Prosecutors must also decide what to do with the detainees. One of them – The 26-year-old dressed in uniform and pretended to be a soldier patrolling the landfills and warned against blowing them up. The second man is a member of his entourage who was detained for questioning.
As an RMF FM journalist discovered, the Homeland Security Agency took potential threats very seriously, so A special armed unit of the Agency participated in the action.
The behavior of a man, that is the use of his uniform and the threat of explosions made it necessary to take into account that he may be armed and also possess explosives – our journalist discovered.
At the crisis team’s evening meeting on Thursday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the matter was serious. The detainees wore uniforms of the Military Counterintelligence Service. According to the old standardbut people don’t really know whether this uniform is a modern model or not. They spread deformation – said the head of government.
He added that services are now verifying the motivations of those arrested. Today it is too early to say what motivates these people, but we will investigate and punish them relentlessly. – he assured.
On Thursday morning, during the crisis team meeting, the Prime Minister said that “A man dressed in military uniform was found and reported in several locations that the landfills would be blown up”.
A man posing as a soldier He pretended to be visiting the landfills and reported that they would soon be blown up. He was driving a car with false license plates.
It’s not fun anymore. She’s not an amateur anymore. – emphasized the head of government.
Donald Tusk has called for people to react if they see or hear someone claiming to be a representative of the authorities or services. Do not believe it and immediately inform the police and the army. – he said.
Jacek Dobrzyński, spokesman for the Coordinating Minister for Special Services, asked about possible Russian disinformation he said that “each eventuality is examined very carefully.”
Dobrzyński noted that the information provided by the wanted man was disinformation. We firmly deny any reports of landfill explosions. This is the creation of fake news and misinformation, apparently intended to cause fear or panic. – he assessed.
