Flood in Poland. Police about the “disclosure of two bodies”, “this may be the 8th and 9th victim in the flood-affected areas”

The police announcement was published on social media on Thursday evening. “In the Kłodzko poviat and in the Nysa poviat, two bodies were discovered during cleaning up the area after the flood. The Opole and Lower Silesian police are carrying out activities on site under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Kłodzko and the District Prosecutor's Office in Prudnik,” it was written.

“Identification activities are ongoing. The circumstances of death indicate that this may be the 8th and 9th victim whose death occurred in the flood-affected areas,” it added.

Spokeswoman of the District Police Headquarters in Nysa, junior asp. Janina Kędzierska reported that the body of one of these victims, of unknown gender, was found while cleaning up flood areas near Bodzanów in the Głuchołazy commune (Nysa poviat). Identification is currently underway and an autopsy is planned.

Senior officer Aleksandra Pieprzycka from the Lower Silesian police press office said that a woman's body was found in the Kłodzko district. – Her identity is being established, the case is being supervised by the Kłodzko prosecutor's office – said the policewoman. A few days ago, a 77-year-old woman from Stronie Śląskie was reported missing to the police.

Earlier, the police reminded that “in a tragic situation involving the death of people, the information provided publicly should be reliable and characterized by appropriate sensitivity.” “It is worth remembering this so as not to create space for false speculations, especially in such a delicate matter as human life,” she added.

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The head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Tomasz Siemoniak, also commented on this issue in the Sejm on Wednesday. He asked for a “reliable assessment of what is happening, for it to be based on facts, and for respect for the flood victims.” Siemoniak emphasized that only the police provides information about fatalities. He added that “no one is exerting any pressure in any direction here (…) and the police and health services operate in such situations.”

– Building emotions, talking about hundreds of victims – such things also appeared in the media – is really unfair to the police, which reliably reports these matters from the police station, through district and provincial headquarters – emphasized the minister.