Overview
- The artist known as Semyon Skrepetsky, legally Robert Kuzovkov, was shot five times and killed near his home in Biała Podlaska in what prosecutors describe as an execution-style attack on Monday.
- Police initially detained two Belarusian nationals while searching for the gunman and on Thursday announced an arrest of a suspect reported to be using a Georgian passport as investigators seek any organiser.
- Prosecutors recovered five shell casings and a 9mm bullet from the scene and have scheduled an autopsy while forensic teams work to link the shooter, detainees, and any chain of direction.
- Polish leaders including Prime Minister Donald Tusk say the evidence strongly suggests a political killing, noting Poland had previously offered the artist state protection that he declined.
- The case raises wider security concerns because Poland hosts many exiled Russians and is a logistics hub for support to Ukraine, so investigators and services are watching for possible foreign involvement and wider fallout.