Prosecutor's office investigating attack on judge in Rybnik

The District Prosecutor's Office in Gliwice investigated the Thursday attack on a judge in the District Court in Rybnik. The act committed by a 39-year-old man was pre-qualified as an assault on a public official.

The Association of Polish Judges Iustitia informed on Thursday about the defendant's attack on the judge during the meeting on Thursday. According to the association's information, the defendant jumped over the judge's table, punched the woman with a fist at the collarbone area, and then kicked. The attacker was overpowered by the clerk.

As a spokeswoman for the Silesian police, Inspector Aleksander Nowar, told PAP on Friday, the police in Rybnik had not received the incident notification until then. On Thursday, however, policemen were present, present in another case in court. When the alarm sounded - it is possible to activate it in every courtroom - they ran to the place.

(PAP)