The Polish prosecution service and the Military Gendarmerie have declined to authorize the publication of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued for Mohamed Addamrou, the Moroccan national wanted in connection with the killing of Sgt. Mateusz Sitek. According to the authorities, the suspect’s image and identifying information cannot be made public through the warrant, despite a court indicating that he may be somewhere within the European Union.
More details are available in the latest issue of Gazeta Polska, published on Wednesday, July 1.
Soldier Killed on the Polish-Belarusian Border
Twenty-one-year-old Mateusz Sitek, a soldier with the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade, was serving on the Polish-Belarusian border when he was attacked during the night of May 28, 2024, near the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne.
According to investigators, a group of attackers allegedly acting in cooperation with Belarusian services assaulted Polish personnel guarding the border. During the incident, one of the assailants stabbed Sitek, inflicting critical injuries. He died in hospital on June 6.
The Warsaw Regional Prosecutor’s Office, which is leading the investigation, has identified Moroccan citizen Mohamed Addamrou as the suspect in the killing. More than two years later, he has not been apprehended.
“The investigation was suspended on May 22, 2026, due to a long-term procedural obstacle, namely the suspect’s presence outside the territory of the Republic of Poland,” prosecutor Piotr Skiba recently stated.
European Arrest Warrant Issued After 18 Months
A European Arrest Warrant was issued approximately a year and a half after the killing.
According to the reasoning of the Regional Court in Białystok, investigators consider it possible that Addamrou is currently residing in one of the European Union’s member states.
Despite this, his name does not appear in the publicly accessible wanted-person databases maintained by the Polish National Police Headquarters, Interpol, or Europol.
Requests submitted to both the prosecution service and the Military Gendarmerie seeking permission to publish the European Arrest Warrant were rejected.
Social Media Profile Bearing the Same Name
A social media profile bearing the name Mohamed Addamrou remains accessible online. Publicly available information associated with the account suggests links to Morocco, Russia, and Belarus.
Analysis of the publicly visible content indicates references to Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, as well as stays in Voronezh and Moscow before the events on the Polish-Belarusian border. The account appears to have become inactive after June 2024.
While prosecutors declined to confirm whether the Facebook profile belongs to the individual sought by Polish authorities, several apparent similarities have drawn attention to the online footprint.
Russian Connections
One of the most notable elements of the profile is an apparent Russian connection predating the border attack.
A photograph published in October 2023 allegedly shows a young man posing in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow. The profile also lists Voronezh as a place of residence, suggesting that a person using the name Mohamed Addamrou may have been in Russia at least eight months before the fatal attack on the Polish soldier.
The article argues that, if the account does in fact belong to the wanted suspect, these details would be consistent with investigators’ broader findings that migrants were allegedly exploited by both Belarusian and Russian services.
Links to Morocco
The account also contains references to Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, one of Morocco’s largest universities, which is consistent with the prosecution’s statement that the suspect is a Moroccan citizen.
The published photographs depict a young man appearing to be in his early twenties.
In November 2025, a post concerning Mohamed Addamrou appeared in the Facebook group Marocchini A Bruxelles, which brings together members of the Moroccan community living in Belgium. The author asked for assistance in determining the man’s whereabouts, providing his full name, stating that he was 22 years old, and claiming he had been detained in Lida, Belarus, on June 11, 2024. The post further stated that his mother had received no information about her son for an extended period and was attempting to learn what had happened to him.
Online Activity Ends After June 2024
The profile’s activity reportedly changed significantly after June 2024.
An analysis of publicly available content indicates that no new photographs, travel updates, or other posts documenting the account holder’s subsequent whereabouts have appeared since that time.