FRAG OUT! has published numerous articles on terrorism and counter-
terrorism. Some of our readers might have asked themselves a question,
when reading them: Is Poland a place where the terrorist threat is
present? Or have any acts of terror happened here already?
For that reason, it is worth reading
the report published by the Polskie
Towarzystwo Bezpieczeństwa
Narodowego (PTBN - Polish
Association for National Security).
The report covers the terrorist
threats in Poland and associates
them with related international
trends.
As we may know, Poland has not
been a venue where terrorist acts
comparable to ones that happened
in France, the UK, or Norway were
taking place. Some cases of political
violence have been recorded.
However, not every attack targeted
at a politician is viewed, by Polish
law, as an act of terror. And it's
another way round as well - an act
seemingly without a political context
could be defined as an act of terror.
Furthermore, sometimes the judges
cannot come to a clear judgment -
also in the case of persons who are
suspected or accused of actions
that seem to belong in the realm of
terrorism.
The events that have been defined as
acts of terror in Poland can usually
be viewed as an intended attack, or
as activities aimed at supporting
other operations or organized
groups.
For many years, the case of the
late Brunon K. has been the most
prominent one. He was arrested in
November 2012, with a charge of
preparing an act of terror that was
to take place during an assembly
of the Polish parliament that would
also see involvement on the part of
the President of Poland - poewrful
IED was to be the tool of trade here.
On December 21st, 2015 District
Court in Kraków issued a judgment
sentencing him to 13 years in prison.
Two years later another judgment
was published, with the time in
prison being reduced to 9 years.
In June 2016, Wojciech K., 57
years old, a professional soldier,
was arrested. 25 firearms, 5
kilograms of explosives, and 24,000
rounds of ammunition have all been
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