{"id":129684,"date":"2025-03-12T12:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-accused-of-spying-for-russia-arson-attack-on-polish-supermarket","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129684\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian accused of spying for Russia, arson attack on Polish supermarket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Polish prosecutors have charged Belarusian national \u015aciapan K. with deliberate arson and espionage for Russian intelligence two days ago, the National Public Prosecutor’s Office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators link him to a fire at a large Warsaw-based construction retailer in mid-April 2024 that caused more than $900.000 in damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspect reportedly spilled a flammable liquid on the store premises and left a remote-controlled device to start the fire. He filmed his actions on a smartphone. Later, this footage surfaced on Russian propaganda websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The man may face up to a life in prison if convicted. An earlier report by the ByPol association of former law enforcers and the Cyberpartisans hacktivist group identified him as \u015aciapan Ka\u015bciu\u010denka, born in Minsk in 1987 and convicted in Belarus for theft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, a wave of arson attacks swept through Poland and other Eastern European countries. Some politicians speculated that these were Russia-sponsored acts of sabotage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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