Hoax fire call hits flat of Polish president’s family member, Tusk says
Police are investigating a wave of false alarm calls that sent emergency crews to political and media addresses, officials said, after one apartment search found no fire or injuries.
- On Saturday, firefighters in Gdańsk forcibly entered an apartment belonging to President Karol Nawrocki's mother after receiving a text message reporting a fire and cardiac emergency, but found the flat empty with no hazard or injuries.
- The incident is part of a broader pattern of false alarms disrupting emergency services for over a week, including a May 15 hoax explosives report at opposition leader Jarosław Kaczyński's home and an earlier call to broadcaster Tomasz Sakiewicz's residence that led to a 53-year-old man's detention.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk convened the Government Security Centre on Sunday, calling the incident 'another telephone provocation' and demanding action to 'identify those responsible and bring them into custody as soon as possible,' while acknowledging firefighters responded correctly but procedures need review.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński accused PiS politicians of 'deliberately spreading disinformation,' stating police are conducting a 'very intensive investigation' that will 'quickly yield results,' while Deputy Minister Czesław Mroczek pledged results within days and vowed 'the perpetrators will not go unpunished.'
- Opposition figures including Nawrocki's chief of staff Zbigniew Bogucki called the incident 'the clearest proof of the total disgrace of those in power,' while Kaczyński alleged the ruling camp orchestrates hoaxes to intimidate opponents, exposing tension between emergency response obligations and government accountability demands.
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Hoax fire call hits flat of Polish president’s family member, Tusk says
Poland is facing a series of false alarms about fires or other threats, including one on Saturday at a flat in Gdansk belonging to a member of President Karol Nawrocki's family, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
After a false call to 112, emergency services forced open the door and entered President Karol Nawrocki's family home in Gdańsk, said Rafał Leśkiewicz, the head of state's spokesman. A meeting between the president's chief of staff, Paweł Szefernaker, and Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Marcin Kierwiński is scheduled for Saturday evening. "We will use all available methods to identify and catch the saboteurs, regardless of where …
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