Poland issues wanted notices for 2 Ukrainians suspected in railway sabotage

Polish National Prosecutor's Office has issued wanted notices for two Ukrainian men suspected of carrying out sabotage attacks on a major railway line earlier this month, a spokesperson said Friday, reported Xinhua.

A wanted notice was issued for 41-year-old Yevhenii Ivanov and 39-year-old Oleksander Kononov, Przemyslaw Nowak, spokesperson for the National Prosecutor's Office, said on social media platform X.

The Warsaw District Court on Thursday approved prosecutors' request for the two suspects to be placed in temporary detention, he said, adding that the execution of the search has been assigned to the police.

Both suspects had fled to Belarus, Polish media reported.

According to local media, the two men are accused of damaging tracks with an explosive device near the village of Mika on the Warsaw-Lublin rail line in mid-November and of carrying out another act of sabotage near Pulawy on the same route. The latter incident damaged overhead power lines and forced a passenger train carrying 475 people to stop.