Poland’s police chief wounded after gift from Ukraine official explodes

Warsaw seeking explanation from Kyiv after Jaroslaw Szymczyk taken to hospital with minor injuries

Poland's police chief, Jaroslaw Szymczyk, has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a gift he received from a senior Ukrainian official exploded, the interior ministry said on Thursday.

Yesterday at 7:50 am there was an explosion in a room next to the office of the police chief," a statement said. One of the presents the police chief received during his working visit to Ukraine on December 11 and 12 exploded."