Warsaw police have described a case in which a 49-year-old passerby was injured after an object resembling an air rifle fell from a seventh-floor window. Polsat News reported that the object had an attached compressed-air cylinder. On the account released by police, this is not a minor household mishap: it involved a serious alleged risk to a person on the pavement and, later, to other road users.
The incident took place in Praga-Północ. The injured man directed officers to the flat from which the object was allegedly thrown and was then taken to hospital. Police reportedly found pellets on the windowsill and a cylinder similar to the one secured on the pavement.
According to the police account reported by Polsat News, a 30-year-old man who later returned to the flat admitted throwing the object from the window. Police also said that, after leaving the building, he allegedly drove a car, caused a collision on Radzymińska Street and then hit the gate of an underground car park on Ząbkowska Street. A breath test allegedly recorded more than 0.5 per mille of alcohol.
Police said the man has been charged in connection with placing the 49-year-old in immediate danger, causing bodily injury and driving while intoxicated. They said he will also answer for causing a road collision. His driving licence was taken away and he was taken to hospital for a blood test.
The case now needs a full legal and technical assessment of the object, the extent of the passerby’s injuries and the legal basis for each charge. The report contains police accounts and procedural actions, not a court finding. It includes no statement from the detained man or a defence representative, and criminal responsibility will be decided by a court.
Source: Polsat News.
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- Polsat News · Source date: 2026-11-13
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