The National Public Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, Przemysław Nowak, said prosecutors filed the request with the Warsaw District Court for Yevhenii Ivanov, 41, and Oleksandr Kononov, 39.
The men are suspected of damaging tracks with an explosive near the village of Mika in the central Mazowieckie province and of a second incident in Gołąb near the town of Puławy, on rail line No. 7 between Warsaw and Dorohusk on the Ukrainian border.
Investigators say part of the overhead line was damaged and steel clamps were placed on the track in the Gołąb incident, actions that created a direct risk of rail disaster.
A court on Thursday approved prosecutors’ motions for the suspects’ pretrial detention.
Based on that decision, prosecutors filed a request for a wanted notice. On Friday, Warsaw police published wanted posters, and authorities said both men had fled to Belarus.
Ivanov was born in Estonia and Kononov in Ukraine, according to police notices.
Last Monday, prosecutors charged a Ukrainian citizen identified as Volodymyr B. with aiding the sabotage.
Evidence indicates he drove Ivanov in September to the planned sites, enabling reconnaissance, selection of the spot for explosives, placement of a recording device and installation of a steel clamp on the rails.
After being questioned as a suspect, he was ordered held for three months’ pretrial detention at the prosecutors' request.
Earlier in the probe, four other people were detained; three were released. One person was charged with concealing documents, but a prosecutor’s request for that person’s temporary arrest was rejected by the court.
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Source: PAP