Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said on Tuesday, 23 December, in a post on X that police had established the identities of two individuals who, after the tragedy in Jelenia Góra, spread disinformation falsely claiming the suspect was Ukrainian and calling for hatred on ethnic grounds.
The politician added that officers had searched a property and seized the phone used to publish the posts.
Earlier, Karolina Gałecka, a spokesperson for the interior ministry, stressed that “the internet does not provide anonymity. Anyone who breaks the law will face consequences.”
She confirmed that police in Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland, with support from units in the central city of Kielce and the southern city of Kraków, had carried out the search and seized the phone believed to have been used to post the false messages.
Police also noted that the content being spread online had a clear purpose: deliberate disinformation and the intentional stoking of hatred and hostility, including along ethnic lines, particularly between Poland and Ukraine.
Under Article 256 of Poland’s criminal code, inciting ethnic hatred can carry a prison sentence of up to three years.
11-year-old Danusia was killed on 15 December 2025 near the primary school she attended. In connection with the cas, on older girl from the same school has been taken into custody.
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Source: IAR/MSWiA/X/@MKierwinski/@K_Galecka/@DPolicja