The 23-year-old, who wounded four people in a shopping mall in Olkusz, was ran from the police from the previous day after he dealt a few blows with a knife on Przemysłowa Street. Why couldn't he be stopped before he hit him again? We reached the details of the actions taken by the police at a critical moment.
The cutter heard allegations of five times attempted murder. On Tuesday he wounded four people, and the day before – he dealt a few blows to a 60 -year -old man. Fortunately, all victims survived. After the prosecutor's office confirmed that the same man (privately son of a policeman) was responsible for both events) questions about the way the cutter was prosecuted after the first attack. It is true that the prosecutor's office pointed out in an interview with TVN24 that “the search action was conducted correctly”, but this did not explain how the attacker could have slipped despite the large police action (officers shortly after the attack pointed out that criminals were looking for drones and helicopters).
Looking for answers to these questions, we arrived at Commissioner Tomasz Mosur, deputy commander in Olkusz, who headed the search action. On the basis of the documentation, he presented us what actions – a minute after a minute – were taken in this matter.
A knife attack at the shopping center in Olkusz. The attacker wounded four peopleRenata Kijowska/Fakty TVN
First signal
The attack took place near the scrap metal on Przemysłowa Street. Exactly at 15:14 The number 112 duty got a phone call from the injured man. The duty officer first sent an ambulance to the place. Immediately after – the first police patrol.
Two minutes later, Fr. 15:19 The police duty officer sent another patrol to an industrial. Policemen who were the first to be sent to the attack site reach Fr. 15:22.
– The injured was still paten by paramedics. He was conscious, he said that he was at the scrap point. When he left, he headed towards his car. Then he suddenly got blows, first at the back and then at the front. The victim remembered that a young man dressed in dark dealt with blows. His relationship showed that he was not more than 30 years old – said the deputy commander in Olkusz.
There were no witnesses on the spot who could give more details.
Support
The police found fresh traces of shoes in the snow. This means that a tracking dog may be useful in the search. At 15:30, Eight minutes after the arrival of the first patrol at the place, a signal about the need to send a tracking dog was given to the Krakow City Headquarters.
– Due to the upcoming celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, everyone was in full readiness. The guide with the dog set off towards Olkusz O 15:35. They rode on the signals – said the deputy commander.
Policemen called to the place indicated the duty officer that the cutter could attack again. From an hour 15:50 down 15:55 Another 11 patrols were directed at the place.
– We brought all policemen from Olkusz and three subordinate police station to the place – calculated the deputy commander.
Forest
Why are policemen needed on site? Subsequent officers were looking for the perpetrators and looked around in search of cameras that could capture the image of the perpetrator. They also did the so -called deposited interview, i.e. they just walked around the next houses and asked if someone saw something suspicious.
Four people injured after a cutter attack in a shopping center in OlkuszTvn24
At 16:00 Three vans were sent to Olkusz on the disposal of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Krakow. There were 16 policemen inside. This is the so -called alarm platoon.
On the basis of the injured relationship and traces in the snow, the police found that the cutter could run towards the nearby forest. – exactly about 16:00 A helicopter is equipped with thermal imaging devices – said our interlocutor.
The helicopter team, fortunately – in connection with the circuits in Auschwitz – was in full readiness and took off three minutes later, about 16:03.
At 16:05 An alarm was announced, on the basis of which police officers could be downloaded in place, who had free that day.
– 64 officers actively participated in the action. Everyone was on the spot within an hour of arrival of the first patrol – noted the deputy commander.
The helicopter could not be used after dark, and the sun over Olkusz that day took place at 16:30. The policemen pulled the drone with thermovision. – Was 16:06, When the drone operator from the unit in Nowy Sącz went to Olkusz. Fortunately, he was in Krakow in connection with the ongoing celebrations – he said.
Clue
The tracking dog with a guide was in place of Fr. 16:10. – The animal took the trail, but unfortunately it lost it on the railway tracks, a few hundred meters away – says the deputy commander.
At 17:00 Actions with the prosecutor were already underway at the attack site. – At the same time, based on the findings of criminal police officers, recordings from such stationary cameras as well as cars that were around the place of the incident and the escape route of the perpetrator were immediately brought. Based on these recordings, only the silhouette of a potential perpetrator was determined – the interlocutor tvn24.pl said.
Until 20:00 The most intensive activities were carried out. Then their intensity fell. There were officers from the criminal department. Why? – There was no need to use all policemen who were brought to the place in the alarm mode – he told the horseshoes. Mosur.
Up to an hour 22:00 Policemen visited more properties. Then – as the deputy commander said – the police are not allowed to violate the home mirror without clearly.
At 22:30 The officers found a camera that could record a cutter. Unfortunately, it was not possible to reach the owner of the device.
– At night the streets were patrolled, the officers were obliged to pay attention to all people who would fit the sought and behave in a suspicious way – noted the deputy commander.
Portrait
On Tuesday at 7:00 A cartoonist was ordered to Olkusz, who had – based on a conversation with the 60 -year -old attacked – to prepare a memory portrait of the perpetrator. Why is this not happening the next day? When we ask this question, the deputy commander says that it was not a soup.
– The cartoonist works on a memory trace. Practice and theory says that preparing a portrait immediately after the incident is imprecise, which is why such action is avoided – the policeman said.
The cartoonist started working at the Olkusz hospital before 12:00. – I note that preparing a portrait is a tedious work that lasts two or three days. That is why in this respect I do not see any shortcomings on our part – said Commissioner Tomasz Mosur.
Attack
On Tuesday, around noon, the cutter attacks once again. Policemen received a notification that a man with a knife who hurts random people in Olkusz. As reported by the voivode of Małopolska Krzysztof Klęczar, 16 connections regarding the cutter were made to the emergency number in a dozen or so minutes.
This time the attacker is captured – he is stopped by gallery's bodyguards. In the afternoon the man heard allegations of five times attempted to murder.
Source of the main photo: PAP/Art Service