“Yesterday at 7:50 a.m., an explosion occurred in a room adjacent to the office of the Police Chief,” Poland’s Interior Ministry mentioned on Thursday.
The assertion alleged the reward got here from one of many heads of Ukrainian companies.
Poland has requested Ukraine to make clear what occurred and a case was “immediately opened” with the prosecutor’s workplace and corresponding companies, it mentioned.
CNN has reached out to Kyiv regional police and nationwide police for remark however haven’t but acquired a response.
Szymczyk has been hospitalised for statement.
A member of workers from the Police Headquarters additionally suffered minor accidents, however didn’t want hospitalisation, in response to the assertion.
The incident follows a slew of suspicious mail despatched to Ukrainian embassies in Europe, pushing Ukraine to place all of its abroad diplomatic stations beneath heightened safety.
Kyiv’s embassies in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy, Austria, in addition to the consulates basic in Naples and Krakow, have acquired suspicious packages, in response to Oleh Nikolenko, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.