Prosecutors investigate vandalism at WWII site in Poland
Prosecutors are investigating the destruction of state flags at Westerplatte, a historic World War II site in northern Poland, a spokesperson for the local District Prosecutor's Office has announced.
According to police reports, on the night of April 1, the flags of Poland and the European Union were removed from the historic site of Westerplatte in the northern city of Gdansk and destroyed.
Mariusz Duszynski said that on Friday, the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Gdansk-Srodmiescie launched an investigation into public insult of state flags, damage to 11 flagpoles, as well as burglary at nearby food trucks.
The resulting damage to the masts was estimated at PLN 7,500 (EUR 1,700), while the owners of the food trucks assessed their losses at PLN 4,000 (EUR 940).
Duszynski said that according to initial findings, the acts were perpetrated by a man who was recorded by a security camera installed in one of the burgled food trucks.
The Gdansk police have published the clip on its social media, calling on the public to help with detaining the perpetrator. If caught, he could face five years of imprisonment for damage to property and one year for destroying a state flag.
The Westerplatte peninsula in Gdansk was the site where shelling by the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein marked the outbreak of World War II. (PAP)
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