Polish media accused a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl of murder: details of the scandal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ comment
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Poland has denied the involvement of a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl in the murder of an 11-year-old schoolgirl in the city of Jelenia Góra. Despite this, fake messages have spread on social media, causing a flurry of negative comments.
This was reported by the spokeswoman of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, Karolina Halecka.
It is noted that on December 15, Polish police reported the murder of an 11-year-old girl named Danusia near a school in the city of Jelenia Góra. The next day, law enforcement officers detained the suspect in the crime, a 12-year-old student at the same school.
Posts about the alleged involvement of a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl in the crime began to spread on social networks. The posts appeared on Facebook, X and TikTok and quickly gained views and shares, causing a negative reaction to Ukrainians. According to journalists from the Demagog website, some posts have collected 50 thousand views and 1.5 thousand shares.
However, Polish law enforcement officials denied information about the suspect’s Ukrainian citizenship.
“The suspected 12-year-old girl from Jelenia Góra is not Ukrainian. Spreading such a lie is deliberate disinformation that exploits the tragedy and incites hatred between Poland and Ukraine,” wrote Karolina Halecka, a spokeswoman for the Polish Interior Ministry.
Demagog journalists noted that such posts are aimed at discrediting Ukrainians and inciting hatred against them among Polish citizens. From August to November 2025 alone, more than 186 thousand anti-Ukrainian posts were recorded on the network.
“Fake reports about the alleged citizenship of the underage suspect can be used to spread anti-Ukrainian disinformation. All sensational news should be treated with caution and checked with reliable sources,” Demagog journalists emphasized.
By the way, in Poland, law enforcement officers detained a man who threatened a Ukrainian saleswoman and made a Nazi gesture in a supermarket in the city of Gdynia . The attacker was charged with threats based on nationality and public propaganda of the Nazi regime.
The day before, it became known that the number of hate crimes against Ukrainians in Poland has sharply increased . Since the beginning of 2025, the number of such incidents has increased by almost half compared to last year.
We will remind you that in the Polish city of Wroclaw, a group of teenagers tricked a Ukrainian man into going on a “date”, where they mocked him and filmed it .
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