Polish police chief says exploding gift was grenade launcher

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 19, 2022 12:03 am

Warsaw, Poland: Polish police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk revealed on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that a Ukrainian gift which exploded and left him hospitalized with minor injuries earlier this week had been an anti-tank grenade launcher.

Szymczyk met the heads of Ukraine's police and state emergency services during a visit to the country on December 11 and 12 and returned with a gift from each service, according to RMF radio.

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows a police officer maintaining order in Medyka, Poland, Feb. 26, 2022. XINHUA PHOTO

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