Gdańsk police are working to identify who wrote “Kraków teraz WSB” in red paint on the pavement in front of WSB Merito University on Chopin Street (ul. Chopina). The graffiti refers to the attack in Kraków on 7 November.
Police received the report on Friday, 13 November. It was filed by a university security employee who noticed the graffiti just before the entrance gate. The writing was done in red paint on the pavement surface.
What police are establishing
Mariusz Chrzanowski, spokesperson for the Gdańsk Municipal Police Headquarters, Assistant Superintendent (asp.), said officers carried out an on-site inspection. The graffiti has already been removed. The case is being handled by detectives from the criminal unit. They want to establish the author and the circumstances in which the graffiti was made.
CCTV footage has been secured and is being analysed. Conversations with witnesses are also ongoing. Patrols have been temporarily deployed to monitor the area around the university.
As of publication, police have not said who made the graffiti or what the motive was. They have also not reported any arrests or the legal classification of the act.
What the slogan refers to
The graffiti refers to the attack on Saturday, 7 November, at the Main Market Square (Rynek Główny) in Kraków. According to reports citing investigation data, six people were killed, and the perpetrator, a 24-year-old, drove a car into the square area and shot at random people. We reported on the perpetrator’s motives in our article about the inscription on the attacker’s locker in Kraków. The prosecutor’s office has not determined a motive.
Further incidents after the attack
The Gdańsk graffiti is not the only incident following the Kraków tragedy. On Friday, 13 November, police announced the arrest of two men, aged 33 and 50, who publicly praised the attack. The older man allegedly did so on 10 November at Matejko Square, where people were laying flowers and lighting candles. Both were to be charged by the District Prosecutor’s Office Kraków-Śródmieście Zachód (police statement).
Earlier, Pomeranian police had also detained people calling online for copycat crimes, which we covered in the case of a copycat of the Kadłub killer. Nothing indicates that these cases are connected to the graffiti in front of WSB Merito.
