# Russian intelligence may have hired Turkish gang to set fire to Starlink station in Poland, Spiegel reports

https://mins.news/en/item/103636

- Meduza, 2026-10-16 19:19 UTC
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- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/16/russian-intelligence-may-have-hired-a-turkish-crime-gang-to-set-fire-to-a-starlink-ground-station-in-poland-spiegel-reports

> The Daltons, a Turkish criminal gang, may have taken part in the arson attack on a Starlink ground station in Wola Krobowska, Poland, Spiegel reported. Polish authorities called the fire deliberate sabotage and blamed Russia. Two Turkish citizens suspected in the case were arrested in Germany at Poland’s request; a Stuttgart court is expected to rule on their extradition.

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