PL incident archive
Source-backed homicide and attempted homicide records documented in PL. This page summarizes the archive's documented floor for the country; it is not an official total or a representative sample.
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- Documented records
- 4
- Cities represented
- 4
- Latest incident date
- 1 August 2026
- Latest review
- 15 August 2026
Documented floor by year
| Year | Documented here | Official reference |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 records | — |
| 2025 | 1 record | — |
No Eurostat reference series is currently loaded for PL.
Current judicial status
- 3Alleged
- 1Charged
Latest judicial-status entries
- Mlawa, PL
Charged on · incident date
- Warszawa, PL
Alleged on · incident date
- Chojna, PL
Alleged on · incident date
- Biała Podlaska, PL
Alleged on · incident date
Latest documented records
- Homicide in warszawa, PL
· Alleged · 1 source
The body of a 53-year-old woman was found in an apartment in the Ochota district of Warsaw over the weekend of 1-2 August 2026, concealed in a shopping bag and in an advanced state of decomposition. Police discovered her while assisting with a welfare check requested by a resident of the building. The date of the killing has not been established in public reporting. A 32-year-old man was detained the same day in the Włochy district of the city and admitted to the act. He was placed in a detention facility and further investigative steps are planned. No charge has been reported.
- Homicide in chojna, PL
· Alleged · 1 source
A woman was killed in Chojna, in the Gryfino district of West Pomerania, and her body was found at around 10:00 on Monday 20 July 2026. Officers from the prevention division, tracker dogs and drones were deployed in the search for the suspect, with support from officers in Szczecin. Her 19-year-old son was detained as the probable perpetrator less than three hours after the body was found. According to reporting from the scene, the killing is believed to have arisen from family disputes. The case has been taken over by the district prosecutor's office in Gryfino. No charge decision has been reported.
- Homicide in biała podlaska, PL
· Alleged · 1 source
The victim, a Russian dissident artist and satirist who had sought political asylum in Poland, was shot multiple times at his residence in Biała Podlaska. The suspect, arrested days later, has declined to confess or make statements. A court has upheld his pre-trial detention, citing flight risk and the severity of the charges; investigators are examining whether the killing was commissioned by a foreign intelligence service.
- Homicide in mlawa, PL
· Charged · 2 sources
A 16-year-old girl was killed in Mława, in Poland's Masovian Voivodeship, on the evening of 23 April 2025, the day she met the suspect. She was reported missing the following day, and her body was found on 1 May 2025 in scrubland near a production plant belonging to the suspect's family. A post-mortem examination found that she died of extensive head injuries caused by multiple blows. The suspect, who was 17 at the time, was known to the victim and was charged in May 2025 with murder committed with particular cruelty. He was detained in Greece and surrendered to Poland under a European Arrest Warrant. On 13 August 2026 the district prosecutor's office in Płock closed its investigation and filed an indictment against him, now 18, at the regional court in Płock. Twenty witnesses were questioned and 21 expert opinions obtained during the proceedings. He faces up to 30 years' imprisonment and remains in pre-trial detention until the end of September. Experts assessed that his mental state allows him to take part in the proceedings and conduct his own defence.