The officer has been formally suspended from service, Tomasz Kułakowski, deputy director of the ministry’s Department of Social Communication, told a press conference on Tuesday.
He said the decision followed a knife attack in northern Poland that resulted in the death of the officer’s four-year-old daughter.
Kułakowski added that the ministry’s Internal Oversight Bureau had been instructed to review the officer’s entire service record, including routine medical and psychological examinations.
The man had served in the Special Protection Service for 23 years and had passed his most recent assessments in October 2025, which cleared him to continue in service.
The ministry confirmed that officers of the Special Protection Service - a government unit responsible for protecting senior officials and state institutions - do not carry weapons while on leave.
It also said the service remains in contact with a regional hospital in Słupsk, a city in northern Poland, where members of the officer’s family are receiving treatment, and that medical and psychological support is being provided.
Two of the injured relatives have since been discharged and are not in life-threatening condition.
Police are investigating the case under the supervision of prosecutors.
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Source: Polish Radio/PR24/MSWiA