Sławomir Petelicki
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Spouse(s) | Agnieszka Petelicka |
Biography
Sławomir Petelicki was born on September 13, 1946, in
Apart from his intelligence service, Petelicki was also an active member of special forces. He gained extensive experience in reconnaissance and diversion. Very little is known of the missions he was part of, apart from the missions to North Vietnam in 1971 and to China the following year.
In 1990, Petelicki was assigned to a newly formed, then top secret JW 2305
Between May 14 and June 13 of 1996, Petelicki was the deputy
In his later years, he openly criticized the Polish Government and condemned Polish president Bronisław Komorowski. He was considered a hero by various right-wing groups because of similarities in their beliefs. He also accused Polish premier Donald Tusk of high treason.
Death
On June 16, 2012, Petelicki's wife found his body lying next to his car parked in the garage of their apartment block in Warsaw.[2] According to the police, Petelicki died from a self-inflicted gunshot to his head. Apart from the bullet entrance and exit wounds in his temples, no other injuries were found on his body,[3] and security cameras did not record the presence of any other people in the garage at the time of his death, leading the police to conclude that Petelicki had committed suicide.[2] He has left no suicide note.[3]
Awards
During his military career, Sławomir Petelicki was awarded with some of the most notable military medals, including the following:
- Order of Polonia Restituta, Commanders' Cross (1995)
- Order of Polonia Restituta, Officers' Cross
- Order of Polonia Restituta, Knights' Cross
- Cross of Merit for Bravery (1995)
- Cross of Merit
- Cross of Merit
- Golden Medal of Merit for National Defence
- Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence
- Officer of the Legion of Merit (USA)
- Army Commendation Medal(USA)
- Air Assault Badge (USA)
In addition, Petelicki was an honorary member of the
See also
- Polish Army
References
- ^ "Generał Sławomir Petelicki nie żyje. Policja: To prawdopodobnie samobójstwo" (in Polish). Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ a b Czuchnowski, Wojciech; Kolińska-Dąbrowska, Małgorzata (2012-06-18). "Policja: Śmierć Petelickiego to było samobójstwo" [Police: Petelicki's death was a suicide]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Agora SA. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ^ a b Karaś, Katarzyna (2012-06-19). "Prokuratura ujawnia: Petelicki miał przestrzeloną głowę" [Prosecutor's office reveals: Petelicki had his head shot through] (in Polish). Polskie Radio SA. Polska Agencja Prasowa. Retrieved 2012-06-20.