The chief military sanitary inspector has ordered the destruction of 68 bags worth of personal items belonging to the victims of the Smolensk crash in April.

The decision goes against a court resolution handed down last week that stated that the belongings, mostly items of clothing, bullet-proof vests, and other personal effects, do “not constitute a common threat.”

Even though the court’s verdict is binding, administration procedures are still ongoing as to the destruction of the property, which military sanitary staff consider a biohazard and as such should be destroyed.

The case is being led by the Chief Military Sanitary Inspector Colonel Tadeusz Nierebinski. Administration procedures are due to give a final verdict in the first of half of June over the destruction of the items, which have been transported to a utilisation site in the south-eastern town of Rzeszow.

Relatives of the crash victims are waiting for the verdict, with one plenipotentiary saying that it is “too early” to be destroying the personal items of those who died.

However, Col. Nierebinski told TVN24 news that he understands the families’ grief, as he personally knew some of the people that died in the crash. “Nevertheless, I still have to responsible for the safety of anyone who ever touched these items,” Nierebinski concluded. (jb)

Source: tvn24

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