Polish Prosecutor Shoots Himself After News Conference
January 9th, 2012[???]
Update: Comments from Przybyl
Via: Reuters:
Speaking to state news agency PAP from his hospital bed on Tuesday, Przybyl said he had wanted to protect the honour and the future of military prosecutors.
He said he had faced many threats related to past investigations aimed at intimidating him, and was finally driven to attempt suicide by accusations of wrongdoing. He did not specify who he thought was behind the threats.
“I could accept that they destroyed my car, loosened my wheels so I would kill myself. There was a million zloty (185,158 pound) bounty on my head. They killed my dog,” Przybyl said.
“I could not deal with the attacks related with accusations of illegal actions.”
—End Update—
Via: BBC:
A Polish military prosecutor has shot himself in the head after cutting short a news conference in his office, officials and media reports say.
Col Mikolaj Przybyl was defending a military investigation into media leaks related to the air crash that killed the Polish president in 2010.
He asked reporters to leave so that he could take “a break”.
Upon hearing a loud thud, the reporters returned to find him on the floor with a pool of blood around his head.
Mr Przybyl, who was in his office in Poznan, western Poland, is now in hospital in stable condition. His life is not in danger, according to hospital officials.
One of the reporters present told Polish television: “We heard a loud thud and we went back into the room thinking one of the cameras had fallen over. Then we saw the prosecutor motionless on the ground in a pool of blood, his military gun beside him.”
In television pictures of the news conference, Col Przybyl is seen reading out a statement to reporters: “During my entire service as a civilian and later military prosecutor, I have never brought shame to the Republic of Poland and I will protect the honour of an officer of the Polish armed forces and prosecution. Thank you, please give me a five-minute break, I need to rest.”
He then walks out of shot and the sound of a gun being cocked can be heard followed by a loud bang.
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Not to make light of a serious episode, but in all seriousness, doesn’t this incident, as reported, in some of its elements seem reminiscient of the theatical?