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After 20 years, Polish murder fugitive nabbed for going maskless

The man was jailed and faces a 25-year jail sentence for the killing.

AFP
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Polish police managed to nab a man who had been on the run for two decades following a murder conviction after he was stopped for not wearing a face mask. Photo: Pexels
Polish police managed to nab a man who had been on the run for two decades following a murder conviction after he was stopped for not wearing a face mask. Photo: Pexels

Polish police on Tuesday said they arrested a man long sought for murder after he was stopped for not wearing a mask at a store in breach of Covid rules.

“Police from the neighbourhood of Bielany detained the man because he didn’t have a mask,” Elwira Kozlowska, a Warsaw police spokeswoman, told AFP.

The 45-year-old had been on the run from the law for two decades following a murder conviction.

He was jailed and faces a 25-year sentence for the killing, whose details Kozlowska refused to divulge.