Frag Out! Magazine
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he called 112 and announced that 4 bombs were planted around Wrocław, asking for 120 kilograms of gold for defusing them. Paweł R. was sentenced to 20 years in prison in November 2017 - 15 years based on Article 115, for an act on terror, and 5 years for the scam attempt. In 2018 the court of appeals reduced the sentence to 15 years alone. The court in Radom is currently investigating the case of Dawid Ł., accused of preparing a terrorist attack in Poland. Dawid Ł. was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in 2019, being accused of being a part of a terrorist organization operating in Syria. Noteworthy, the actions above were focused on different parts of Poland, not necessarily Warsaw. They have been involving both Polish citizens, as well as foreigners. Furthermore, the motives differ as well. The perpetrator in Wrocław has built the IED as he was unable to handle the everyday challenges. The terrorist from Puławy had a Jihad-tied motivation. Meanwhile, the attack against the Mosque is an expression of extreme Islamophobia. In the case of the Poles fighting in Iraq or Syria, supporting ISIS, and other Salafi organizations, the facts, and estimates are unclear. The profile of the aforesaid organizations, a long distance from Poland, and the fact that the key pieces of data may be confidential, altogether make it difficult to create a clear assessment of the events. It is difficult to sentence a European citizen who was a part of the terrorist organization and took part in combat, with significant sentences. The lack of witnesses, the lack of evidence, and the scarcity of information make the stay in prison short, for the fighters. One should also take into account the fact that the acts of terror, as per their specific, legal definition, are all just the tip of the iceberg. Terrorism is interwoven with other acts of violence. Attacks with victims are often preceded by attacks against objects (of symbolic or infrastructural nature). Violence, the nature of which is purely criminal often comes along as politically motivated violence. In recent years crimes with ideological motives were also recorded, involving methods common in terrorism, but those acts were not classified as acts of terror. At night on May 22nd, 2016 bottles with gasoline were planted under police cars parked at the police station in Warsaw. The perpetrators, caught red-handed, turned out to be anarchists from the Radykalne Ogródki Działkowe collective [Radical Allotments] - a Polish element of the international Reclaim the Fields movement. Initially, they faced the charge of the intention of causing an explosion. Throughout the court proceedings, the accusation was changed to intended incineration - due to the ANALYSIS