Domestic terrorist sentence cut

A court of appeal reduced the sentence for would-be terrorist Brunon Kwiecień from 13 to nine years in jail. His defense lawyers argued that the initial sentence was too severe and he should face re-trial, asking for the verdict to be repealed. Appeal judge refuted the claims, but reduced the sentence saying that the security agencies involvement in the plot was “questionable.” Brunon Kwiecień, the first Pole accused of terrorism, was convicted of planning a terrorist attack on Polish parliament in 2012. He, along with two students planned to ram a vehicle packed with explosives into the building, when top Polish officials, including President Bronisław Komorowski and PM Donald Tusk were expected to be present. Kwiecień admitted to planning an attack but claimed he had been encouraged by an agent working for Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) in a sting operation.