ALONE SHOOTERSDamian CiołekOn March 26, 2007 28yo Damian Ciołek shot and killed 3 unarmed police officers and wounded a convict who are in police car in Sieradz Prison area, Sieradz, Boat Voivodeship, PL. The shooter then barricaded himself on prison guard's tower (from where he fired shots at police car) and tried to shoot strangers on nearby streets, but failed. The attacker was shot and wounded by counter-terrorists who arrived at the scene and arrested.
He was known as an aggressive person for a long time before the shooting. His motive was related to his domestic dispute with ex-wife; after the quarrel, he become verbally aggressive towards her then he left the home, arrived to prison where he was working as a prison guard and commited the shooting.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Ryszard CybaOn October 19, 2010 a shooting has been occurred in Law and Justice (PiS) regional headquarters in Łódź, Boat Voivodeshp. The attacker was a 62yo former member of Civic Platform (PO), a rival political party to the PiS. As a result of the shooting, one worker of deputy office was killed and another was injured. The perpetrator also used a knife and taser during his spree. He was stopped by security guards then arrested by police officers who arrived at the scene. This crime is often used by current PiS' propaganda against the opposition as a result of alleged ''hate speech'' spreading by them against PiS.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Janusz OchnikHe was the perpetrator of Zegrze military base shooting rampage which has been occurred on May 19, 1990 in Zegrze, West Pomerania. He shot and killed 4 other soldiers and wounded approximately 8 others before being stopped by another soldier. His motive for committing a crime was a revenge for hazing by other soldiers for his lack of social abillities.
Article on the incident in Polish ''Rz'' newspaper from 1995:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Stefan BykowskiThe perpetrator of Inowrocław school shooting from 1936. A detailed date of this crime remains unknown, but it happened in April. The shooter was a teacher who has been fired from school for extensively drinking. Then he returned to the school armed with a gun then opened fire at teachers and staff, killing 3 of them, including principal, and wounding a police officer. He tried to commit suicide by shooting himself, but survived his wounds and was arrested after recovering.
An article in German press about the incident:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Jan KostrzewskiHe was a former PPS (Polish Socialist Party) member who goes on a shooting spree at hospital in Częstochowa, Silesia on October 16, 1930. 4 workers of the hospital were shot and killed while 2 others were injured. The gunman committed suicide by shooting himself after the attack. His motives' remains unknown, he was probably traumatized after war with Bolsheviks in 1920.
Marek NowakThe perpetrator of Brześć Kujawski school shooting, I wrote about him a lot on the forum, so you already know many facts about him.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Kazimierz J.The perpetrator of Kluczbork School of Economics shooting that happened on December 16, 2001 in Kluczbork, Opole Voivodeship. He shot and wounded his wife first then left the school building and started shooting strangers, killing a student before shooting himself and committing suicide.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]MULTIPLE ATTACKERSStanisław Ławrynowicz and Janusz ObrąpalskiThe perpetrators of the Wilno school shooting that happened on May 6, 1925. They shot and killed 2 students and a teacher, wounded 9 others before both committing suicide.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]BOMBERSAntoni GuzyHe was the perpetrator of the deadliest terrorist incident in Polish history. Several days before Nazi German invasion on Poland in 1939, he detonated an explosive device on Tarnów railway station, killing at least 20 people and wounding 38 others. He was identified as German agent in Poland and sentenced to death, but his fate during WWII remains unknown.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Paweł R.On May 19, 2016 he planted an explosive device in Wrocław 122-line bus. After planting a bomb, he left the bus on ''Dworcowa'' bus stop and went to his hometown near Wrocław. Before the bus started from ''Dworcowa'' bus stop, one of the passengers caught driver's attention for a suspicious package inside. The driver then carried a package outside the bus and called the police, but at the same time the package exploded, slightly injuring 1 person - an elderly woman who was stand on ''Dworcowa'' bus stop. Bus driver was later called a hero because if the package hadn't been taken outside by him, there would have been multiple casualties.
Bomber was arrested several days after the incident. His motive was a revenge for social rejection by students at University of Wrocław where he also studied. He was sentenced for 20 years in prison. I remember that incident shocked me specifically because I often travelled buses at this time when the incident happened and it caused panic around Wrocław.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]VEHICLE RAMPAGESMichał L.On July 19, 2014 he drove his vehicle into a group of people who were on popular tourist street-plaza (so-called ''Monciak'') in Sopot, Pomerania. Nobody died, but 22 persons has been injured. The perpetrator intentionally drove his vehicle into the crowd of people. He was later declared partially insane and diagnosed with schizophrenia; a moment before the attack he posted many strange messages on his Facebook account, among them the message that said ''Sin to clean''.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]SERIAL KILLERSThere are multiple Polish serial killers, so I listed only few of them. You can find more info about Polish serial killers on the Wikipedia (see:
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Zdzisław Marchwicki (The Vampire of Zagłębie)He killed many young women in 60s and 70s in Zagłębie Region, Silesia. His motive was sexual sadism and he was suspected of killing or strangling women with BDSM accesories. Although any of his victims' weren't actually raped, but ''sexually tortured'' according to the investigators. He was a coal miner and was suspected of committing most of his crimes when he was on his way to home from work. He killed between 14 and 20 women.
Władysław MazurkiewiczHe killed at least 6 people in 1950s. Suspected to committing over 30 other crimes, but this has never been proven that actually he committed those crimes.
Leszek Pękalski (The Nightmare of Bytów)He killed 17 young women around Bytów in 1970s and 1980s and is deadliest known Polish serial killer.
Mariusz TrynkiewiczPedophilic serial killer of boys and PE teacher who killed at least 4 boys in late 80s. He was sentenced for life in prison with possibility of parole after 25 years. He's out of prison in 2014 and was placed in special therapy home for dangerous criminals in Gostynin.
Karol KotSerial killer from 60s. He was diagnosed with brain tumor that caused ''psychopathic intentions'', fear, aggression and desire to experience an extremely emotions (a bit like Charles Whitman).
MEDICAL SERIAL KILLERSSkin Hunters''Skin Hunters'' is a medial cryptonim for the criminal group that killed at least 14 patients between 1998 and 2002. They committed crimes mostly in Boat Voivodeship, but they were suspected to be active in all country. They injected an elderly patients with Pavulon to get money from funeral homes for information about deaths. Polish and international media speculated that they may have killed even 1200 patients (if that's true, they would be the deadliest serial killers in world's history, but these reports are unconfirmed; they killed 14 persons officialy).
STABBERSŁukasz WachColumbine Copycat who killed his mother and gravely wounded his older brother at their home in Chełm, Lublin Voivodeship in 2020. After this, he get into building of a local culture house with intention to committing a mass stabbing there. He eventually gave up on his plan and fled the house, but was arrested by police a moments after his failed attack.
Konrad K.The perpetrator of 2017 Stalowa Wola Vivo Mall stabbing during which he killed 1 person and wounded 9 others with two knives. He was overpowered by bystanders then arrested by police. He committed the stabbing because he wents amok due to the loss of his job.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Stefan WilmontThe attacker who killed a mayor of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, in 2019. He was sentenced for life in prison this year. His motive for crime remains unknown, but it is suspected to be a revenge on city of Gdańsk for his previous prison sentences. He also hated Civic Platform and was avid supporter of PiS.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Kinga HerbutShe committed a stabbing at Kieślewski High School in Zielona Góra, Lubus Voivodeship on September 29, 2020 because she was rejected by random boy on Facebook. She injured 2 girls and one boy before she was overpowered by students.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]Julian MezowiecAn Ukrainian who killed 7 people and wounded 7 others in a small village in 1928.
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