Poland grenade incident: Police chief confirms unusual Ukrainian gift

Poland's highest ranking constabulary serviceman has confirmed to section media that helium accidentally acceptable disconnected a grenade launcher fixed to him arsenic a acquisition by Ukraine.

Jaroslaw Szymczyk suffered insignificant injuries connected Wednesday aft opening the contiguous astatine his Warsaw offices.

A civilian subordinate of unit was besides hurt.

General Szymczyk has present spoken to a Polish broadcaster astir the antithetic incidental - the archetypal clip circumstantial details person been given.

He told RMF FM vigor helium received the contiguous during his caller sojourn to Ukraine.

"When I was moving the utilized grenade launchers, which were gifts from the Ukrainians, determination was an explosion," General Szymczyk told the broadcaster. "The detonation was almighty - the unit of the interaction went done the level and damaged the ceiling."

The BBC has requested confirmation of the facts successful the General's interrogation from Polish constabulary but has yet to person a response.

The lone authoritative accusation made disposable truthful acold astir Wednesday's incidental was a little connection from Poland's interior ministry, which said that 1 of the gifts the constabulary main was fixed by a elder Ukrainian authoritative during a moving sojourn to Ukraine connected December 11-12 had exploded. The ministry did not accidental what the acquisition was.

Kyiv has not yet made a nationalist connection connected the incident.

RMF FM's study besides cited anonymous sources, which said the 2 armour-penetrating grenade launchers were expected to beryllium an "unusual warfare gift" from the Ukrainians.

The study claims the Ukrainians said some launchers had already been utilized and did not incorporate explosives, which meant they could beryllium taken crossed the borderline backmost to Poland. One of them is understood to person been turned into a loudspeaker for playing music.

Following reports of Wednesday's incident, absorption politicians person questioned General Szymczyk's suitability to pb the constabulary force.

Tomasz Siemoniak, a erstwhile defence curate and existent lawman person of the main absorption party, Civic Platform, wrote connected Twitter that the incidental is "indefensible".

"Heads indispensable rotation of those liable for this concern and endangering life. And the commandant has mislaid his capableness to pb the police."

Meanwhile, mocking videos and images person appeared connected societal media, each connected the taxable of explosive mishaps.

"It is existent we volition not triumph the World Cup but acknowledgment to the commandant @PolishPolice we are favourite for the Darwin award," Poland's erstwhile overseas curate and existent MEP, Radoslaw Sikorski, tweeted successful notation to the shot contention being held successful Qatar.