Help for injured policemen from Krakow. The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Interior and Administration announced the amount

Gałecka said that the police officers will also be supported in the rehabilitation process. We will support them with rehabilitation costs. All this is happening on an ongoing basis, said the spokeswoman.

In those first days, policemen fought for their lives. Now we support them not only with awards, because this is also extremely important, but also in material form, she added.

When asked whether aid in the amount of PLN 100,000 each is all the help they can count on, she replied that the officers will also receive support when undergoing rehabilitation and when they need financial resources.

Then they will also be able to count on both the police and the Ministry of Interior and Administration, she assured.

Medals and decorations

Gałecka also informed that Minister Marcin Kierwiński awarded medals to them. Assistant Commissioner of Police Andrzej Struj for his heroic attitude while serving for Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański.

Additionally, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland received 14 applications from the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration for awarding Crosses of Merit for Bravery to six firefighters and eight policemen.

Earlier, President Karol Nawrocki decided to award two policemen who risked their lives to stop the attacker with the Officer's Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

On Monday, the head of the National Security Bureau, Bartosz Grodecki, announced that the injured police officers received their orders from President Nawrocki.

The President honored the policemen for their outstanding contributions to ensuring order and security, as well as exceptional sacrifice and courage.

On Thursday, the deputy head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Czesław Mroczek, said that in addition to the awards received by police officers from President Karol Nawrocki, they can also expect "ministerial awards."

In short, promotion is obvious, only this should be in order - saving health, providing material security for the family, striving to ensure that they will be able to perform their duties in the future despite health damage, so that they do not have to resign from service - this is the main effort - said Mroczek on TVN24.

Decoration named after subcomm. Andrzej Struja is awarded to police officers for saving human life or health at the risk of their own life. They are issued by the Minister of Internal Affairs - on his own initiative or at the request of the Chief Commander of the Police. The medal may be awarded posthumously.

Assistant Commissioner Andrzej Struj worked in the intelligence and patrol department of the Warsaw Police. He died of stabbing on February 10, 2010 in Warsaw, when, while on vacation, he intervened against hooligans who were destroying a tram. He served in the police for 15 years.

Tragedy in Krakow

On Saturday, there was a gun attack on Krakow's Main Market Square. A 24-year-old man drove his car onto the market square and opened fire with an automatic weapon. Two policemen from Police Station I in Kraków intervened against the armed man and arrested him.

Six people were killed and 15 injured in the attack. The seventh fatality was the perpetrator, who died in hospital on Monday morning. During Saturday's attack, tram number 1 was also shot at. Passengers and the driver were unharmed.

Earlier, police found the bodies of his parents and sister in the attacker's family apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

The investigation into the case is being conducted by the Małopolska branch of the National Prosecutor's Office.