As explained by Dorota Ziemkowska from trans.iNFO’s Polish language service, the trans.iNFO editorial office received an e-mail in which an employee of the Agmaz company referred to an attack on two of the company’s drivers. It is alleged that the incident occurred on the premises of the company. One of the victims is said to have suffered minor injuries, while the other was attacked with a knife and even had one of his ears cut.
According to the aforementioned email seen by our colleague at trans.iNFO Poland, one of the individuals who was allegedly attacked is “fighting for his life in hospital”.
In order to receive more information regarding the alleged incident, Ziemkowska contacted the local police department. The police did confirm to trans.iNFO that there was indeed a fight with a knife at a refuelling station in the region. However, the police did not comment on whether the incident had anything to do with the Agmaz company.
In the subsequent press report published by the police, there is also no mention of either the victims or the perpetrators being truck drivers. Moreover, as regards the man who was injured and had to be treated in hospital, officers said that although he had a knife wound, he suffered “only superficial injuries”.
Two of the perpetrators of the attack fled the scene immediately afterwards, but were tracked down and charged by Krakow police. The man who used a knife during the attack could be jailed for up to 8 years, with the other two perpetrators in line for a 3-year prison sentence.
All of the attackers, as well as the victim who was transported to hospital, are of Georgian nationality.
Meanwhile, Łukasz Mazur, owner of Agmaz, has told trans.iNFO’s Polish language service that his drivers who are not on strike fear they will be attacked, and have also received threats.
The haulage boss, dubbed “Mr Rolex Lamborghini” by unions during the first Agmaz strike, also maintains that all driver salaries were paid in accordance with the contracts. He claims that the current strike is an illegal protest in which the company’s trucks and loads are effectively being used as ransom. Mazur also confirmed that Poland’s Social Insurance authorities are investigating his company.
According to the last reports from Germany, as many as 170 Agmaz drivers have downed tools and gathered at two rest areas in Gräfenhausen. However, in recent days there has been next to no reports of any negotiations taking place, and the truckers are having to get by with extremely limited sanitary facilities as well as charitable handouts of everyday essentials.
