Poland violates ‘right to life’

26th February 2010

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that Poland violated the ‘right to life’ in 2002, when it allowed policemen to shoot at gang members, resulting in a death.

Eight years ago, Przemyslaw Kalucki was accidentally shot in the small town of Spala, situated in the Lodzkie region during a police chase. 

After hearing that two gangs were to meet up to ‘settle their accounts’ at a local sports centre, the police went to intervene. However, as three of the members attempted to escape by car, officers opened fire, shooting 40 times at the vehicle. Despite insisting that they were only aiming at the tyres, two of the suspects were injured and Kalucki, who had five wo ...