Police are asking for blood for Senior Constable Jakub Kulik, who was seriously wounded in an attack in Kraków. The blood type needed is AB Rh+.
What the police said
The appeal was published on Sunday, 8 November, in the morning by the Policja Warszawa account on X. Jakub Kulik “without hesitation confronted an armed attacker” and is fighting for his life in hospital.
The officer was seriously wounded and has one lung that no longer functions. The police stress that he needs “every drop of blood”.
How to donate blood for the police officer
- AB Rh+ blood is needed.
- You can report to any blood donation station across Poland.
- When donating, you must state that the blood is intended for Jakub Kulik.
Information from the official website of RCKiK (Regional Blood Donation and Blood Treatment Centre) in Kraków
RCKiK in Kraków denies reports of a shortage of blood for the victims of yesterday’s tragedy.
We have sufficient quantities of all necessary blood components for saving lives and for further treatment.
People who wish to donate blood as a gesture of solidarity are invited to our headquarters at ul. Rzeźnicza 11 from 9:00 a.m., and to our mobile collection points:
Przytkowice, OSP from 09:00 to 13:00
Ujanowice, OSP from 08:00 to 12:00
Krasne Lasocice, OSP from 09:00 to 13:00
Ołpiny, OSP from 08:00 to 12:00
Sucha Beskidzka, regional branch from 09:00 to 12:00
Raba Wyżna, OSP from 09:00 to 13:00
Background: attack at the Main Market Square
The attack took place on Saturday, when a man drove a car onto the Main Market Square and shot at random people; we reported on this in our article on the arrest of the shooter from the car on the Market Square. The perpetrator has been detained.
The names of the officers who stopped the attacker were given by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. We wrote about this in the article Tusk Gives Names of Kraków Police Officers: “They Are True Heroes”. One of the officers is fighting for his life, and the other is wounded.
