The petrol station in Janki where the 45-year-old Pole died after being shot. Photo: PAP/Bartlomiej ZborowskiPolice have taken a 30-year-old Turkish citizen into custody after he supposedly shot a man in the suburban town of Janki, Monday.
The man, identified as Erik A. (name withheld in accordance with Polish privacy laws), was accosted by police in the early hours of Wednesday morning. No firearms were found on the Turk’s person, it has been reported.
Erik A. went into hiding after he allegedly shot and killed a 45-year-old Pole at a clothing warehouse in Janki, a suburban town containing a number of commercial shopping centres just south of Warsaw.
The Turk’s car was found abandoned in nearby Raszyn after extensive searches, including the engagement of a police helicopter.
Police caught the man after an anonymous tip-off informed that the Turk may be hiding in a forest complex not far from Raszyn. After scouting out the area, police found that the information handed to them was true, swiftly taking the man into custody.
Another 38-year-old man, a Bulgarian citizen, has been taken in for questioning after a possible connection was determined as to his role in the shoot-out in Janki.
Police today are to revisit the place where Erik A. was detained to try and find the murder weapon, and may charge the Turk with the murder later today, Wednesday.
Botched currency transaction deal
Police have determined that the 45-year-old victim of the shooting went to the warehouse in Janki in order to complete a currency exchange transaction.
According to police, the two men probably got into an argument during the deal, the result of which Erik A. (pictured right) fired two shots at the Pole; one of them on target.
The injured Pole ran out of the warehouse and managed to stop a passing car, whose driver alerted police to the incident after stopping at a nearby petrol station.
Emergency services were immediately called to the scene, although attempts to resuscitate the injured man proved futile. (jb)
Source: PAP