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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Shaun Walker in Warsaw and Jakub Krupa

Poland railway blast was unprecedented act of sabotage, says Donald Tusk

Tusk and a group of men, two of whom are wearing blue hats. One has the word 'policja' on the back of his jacket.
Donald Tusk (second from right) speaks with authorities near the scene of the explosion Photograph: Getty Images

Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, has described an explosion along a section of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine as an “unprecedented act of sabotage” that could have led to disaster.

It came as a statement from public prosecutors on Monday evening said an investigation had opened “regarding acts of sabotage of a terrorist nature […] committed on behalf of a foreign intelligence service against the Republic of Poland.”

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