Russian trace in attacks on schools. Siemoniak spoke up

When asked on Saturday in Stalowa Wola in Podkarpacie about the possible foreign background of the wave of false alarms and disinformation directed at educational institutions, Siemoniak emphasized that the services are checking all hypotheses.

We investigate all threads. It takes a lot of operational work from the police, services and NASK to clarify various issues. However, this is certainly the case in all matters (...) that shock Polish public opinion, that Russia and their Internet capabilities are adding fuel to the fire - said the minister.

The head of the services explained that the purpose of Russian disinformation activities is to undermine trust in state authorities.

They always try to show Poland as an unstable state, as a state whose authorities are weak, whose army and services are weak. So we can guess that there could have been some involvement here, but first there's evidence, specifics, and then we'll accuse anyone, Siemoniak said.

The minister also highly appreciated the decision of the head of government to direct police patrols to educational institutions. The Prime Minister's excellent decision to have the police in every school (...) made a huge impression on the children. This means the state's involvement, certainty, security, the fact that a policeman in uniform is there to make children feel safe, he said.

He also announced the continuation of preventive and educational activities, recalling the "Don't be afraid of the Internet" campaign conducted by ABW and NASK.

On Friday, 24,000 police officers supported by city guards monitored schools and their surroundings. In turn, CBZC, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, monitored the situation on the Internet.

As the Police Headquarters announced on Saturday, police patrols will return to schools on Monday. Nearly 50,000 have been inspected so far due to acts of violence that occurred on school premises. facilities, 76 people were detained.

On Thursday, at the primary school in Leszczydole-Nowiny (Masovian Voivodeship), a 15-year-old attacked three people, including a 37-year-old employee of the facility, who died. The day before, at the Vocational School Complex No. 4 in Ostrołęka, a 19-year-old attacked nine people with a knife, including five students and two teachers. He also had a backpack with homemade explosives.

The police also foiled a possible attack at a school in Sierpc. A detained 17-year-old who threatened to "do something bad" was charged and arrested for two months.