WARSAW – A Polish military prosecutor shot himself in the head yesterday after cutting short a news conference in what appeared to be a dramatic protest in a turf war between Poland’s civilian and military prosecution services.
Mikolaj Przybyl was taken to hospital in the western city of Poznan after reporters heard a gunshot and hurried back to find him lying slumped on the floor in a pool of blood. His life was not in danger, officials said, but the apparent suicide attempt quickly triggered a public dispute between the heads of Poland’s military and civilian prosecution services over plans, criticised by Mr Przybyl, to merge the two.
