Baranina dies in mysterious circumstances

On Wednesday Jeremiasz Barański vel. Baranina was found dead in his well-protected Vienna jail cell. Apparently he hung himself on his own belt. "Baranina wrote a statement accusing six Austrian policemen and Interior Ministry officials," Friedrich Matousek, the head of the Vienna prosecutor's office told Rzeczpospolita. He added that the examination of the body has not yet been made and it was still unclear whether Baranina was murdered or committed suicide. Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik said that no lead should be ignored and said, "I am sure that the Austrian criminal police will do everything possible to solve this mystery". According to sources, the criminal gave his wife a letter one day before his death. Now that Baranina is dead, the investigation in Austria will be closed and it perhaps will never be known how he made his fortune estimated at tens of millions of dollars, and who received it. The only living person in the murder of sports minister Jacek Dębski is now Halina G. vel Inka and no doubt the police will be wanting to see if she can remember any new facts concerning the murder. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3) M.M.