Behind the scenes of the high-profile intervention at the home of Tomasz Sakiewicz, CEO of TV Republika. Although media reports pointed to an email threatening self-detonation, findings by Niezalezna.pl indicate that the police acted only after a later “red alert” from the helpline affiliated with the Children’s Ombudsman. Detailed police records obtained by Niezalezna reveal a minute-by-minute timeline of the intervention, still leaving key questions unanswered: why were officers’ cameras switched on with a delay, and will the prosecutor’s office show the full recording to the public? The thread of actions by the Internal Security Agency (ABW) also emerges.
“I am on Wiktorska… I am committing suicide, I have a suicide vest on, I will blow everything up” – this email, according to information from Rzeczpospolita, triggered the police intervention at Sakiewicz’s apartment. The message reached the services on Friday. It included an audio file with a child’s voice, falsely generated.
ABW also received reports
The message was received not only by the police but – as we have learned – also directly by the Internal Security Agency (ABW). It was part of a “cascade operation” of false email notifications targeting journalists and associates of TV Republika. How many similar false reports had ABW previously received directly, and what actions were taken?
Two simultaneous reports
Contrary to Rzeczpospolita’s reporting, this email did not directly alert the police. It was deemed not credible enough. The highest “red” alert was triggered by a later false report sent via the chat of a helpline affiliated with the Children’s Ombudsman. It also concerned an alleged child suicide attempt.
According to our information, the email report – considered unreliable – and the subsequent signal from the chat were separated by mere minutes.
“They were sent almost simultaneously, one right after the other. Someone knew the procedure very well. They knew an email alone might not be enough” – sources close to the case claim.
Course of events according to police reports
After notification from the Ombudsman’s helpline, the signal was forwarded to the Emergency Notification Centre, which issued further instructions. The report was logged at 01:29 PM on Friday.
At the scene, outside the building where Sakiewicz lives and has his office in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, an ambulance was present alongside the police. Paramedics rang the intercom first, and only after them did officers enter.
In the records of Meditrans, which provided the ambulance crew, discrepancies appear. The ambulance departure time is listed as 01:38 PM – exactly the same as the arrival time. This has been confirmed as highly unusual. There is also no record of the intervention being completed or undertaken, which should normally be included.
The police patrol arrived at Sakiewicz’s property at 01:40 PM (11 minutes after the CPR signal). At 01:41 PM – according to police documentation – the intervention officially began. At 01:42 PM officers activated their body cameras – devices recording audio and video from the officer’s perspective, mounted at chest level. This raises a key question: why were they activated a minute after the formal start of the intervention? At 01:43 PM, officers entered Sakiewicz’s home.
At 01:44 PM, officers without proper identification used handcuffs on Sakiewicz’s assistant. According to the documentation we obtained, she remained handcuffed for around 10 minutes.
At 01:54 PM – according to police records – officers left the apartment and departed. This is where the body camera footage ends. Notably, the formal end of the intervention is recorded at around 02:40 PM. What happened during that time?
Police consider interfering with the recording
The prosecutor’s office is still hesitating whether to release the police footage. According to our information, the police want to cut it and not publish it in full. Investigators argue that only full disclosure makes sense. The recording should last at least 12 minutes (from camera activation to the patrol’s departure). It remains to be seen what will be presented to the public, whether the material will be shortened, and for what reasons. Police body camera footage should include timestamps down to seconds throughout the recording.
The prosecutor’s office is expected to decide next week whether and how to make the material public.
It has now been six days since official questions were sent to the Warsaw Metropolitan Police. So far, no answers have been provided.