The exhibition hall fire at Marywilska Street in Warsaw was the consequence of arson on behalf of Russian services. The actions were coordinated by a individual residing in Russia - said Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Sunday evening. any of the perpetrators are already in custody, the remainder have been identified and are wanted," he added.
Market hall at 44 Marywilska Street in Warsaw burned 12 May 2024. There were about 1.4 1000 shops and service points.
"We already know for certain that the large fire on Marivilska was the consequence of arson on behalf of Russian services. The actions were coordinated by a individual residing in Russia. any of the perpetrators are already in custody, the remainder have been identified and are wanted. We'll get everyone" - wrote the Prime Minister on the X portal.
We know for a fact that the large fire in Marivilska was the consequence of arson on behalf of Russian services. The actions were coordinated by a individual residing in Russia. any of the perpetrators are already in custody, the remainder have been identified and are wanted. We'll get everybody!
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) May 11, 2025Statement by ministers
A joint message on this substance was issued by the Minister of Justice, lawyer General Adam Bodnar and Home Affairs and Administration, peculiar Services Coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak.
They informed that since 1 year, the Mazowieckie Branch for Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor's Office with the support of the Metropolitan Police and interior safety Agency has been conducting an intensive investigation into the circumstances of the incident. "Polish services cooperate with Lithuanian side, where besides any perpetrators carried out diversionary actions" - they added.
Joint message of the Minister of Justice - lawyer General and Minister of Interior and Administration, peculiar Services Coordinator
On 12 May 2024 there was a fire of the Maryvilska buying Centre 44 in Warsaw. 1,400 stores and points completely burned down... pic.twitter.com/k9uvkTmzXy
Ministers stated that extraordinary measures were active in the investigation: 55 prosecutors and 100 police officers, assisted by experts and technicians, interviewed over 70 witnesses and 530 victims.
"Currently, on the basis of the evidence gathered, we know that the fire was the consequence of arson carried out on behalf of Russian peculiar Services. We have in-depth cognition of the order and the course of the arson and how the perpetrators paper it. Their activities were organised and directed by an established individual residing in the Russian Federation. any of the perpetrators are already in custody, others are identified and wanted. Prosecutor's Office, Police and interior safety Agency proceed investigative and operational activities to capture them" - the ministers passed.
"The authorities of the Polish State are determined to take work for the perpetrators of shameful acts of diversion and the people moving them" - they assured.
Bodnar and Siemoniak thanked all public officers active in the investigation, both on a procedural and operational level. "You are doing a large occupation with full commitment to the safety of our Homeland and citizens, detecting, combating and counteracting diversionary activities organized and led by the Russian Federation" - they wrote.
Giant hall fire in Warsaw
The fire of the Maryvilska 44 buying Centre building in Warsaw took place on 12 May 2024. The number of merchants affected by the fire and their employees is estimated at around 2,000 people.
The fire investigation was initiated on 13 May 2024.
The post-mortem inspection began on 30 July 2024 – as shortly as the construction surveillance decision allowing the demolition of the burnt hall was finalised. It lasted until 28 November 2024. Prosecutors from the Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor's Office and the local departments from Warsaw, Katowice, Białystok, Lublin, Rzeszów, Łódź, Gdańsk and Szczecin, as well as from the territory Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, as well as policemen from the Police and another units of the Warsaw garrison took part in the screenings.
At the same time six viewing groups were working on the site, including prosecutors, policemen, technicians, experts from the Warsaw Fire Academy and device operators. All the time, prosecutors from the Mazovia "pezets" were present and trial teams from the Investigative and Investigative Division of the Capital Police Headquarters.
The primary nonsubjective of the investigation was to find the causes and possible perpetrators of the fire. This was besides the main nonsubjective of the survey. The investigation secured traces and items that may have been related to the fire. All the evidence was examined separately and was subsequently transferred to the investigators, including KSP, ABW and AP.
PAP
