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Anti-terror cops hit wrong house
12th March 2010
© Radosław Drożdżewski (Zwiad
Cops hit wrong flat
Anti-terror police in Lodz lobbed stun grenades into a flat before storming it - only to realise they’d got the wrong address.
The armed cops were supposed to be raiding Apartment 6C but took a wrong turn and battered their way into Apartment 6 on the same landing.
“I heard pounding on the door and the sound of smashing glass. I ran into the kitchen and saw a masked man throw a grenade through the window,” said Malgorzata Malinowska whose foot was injured by the blast.
“I was hysterical and kept shouting they’d got the wrong flat. They only stopped when they saw my daughter,” she added.
Embarrassed police chiefs have apologised for the mix-up. “In cases like this yo ...
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