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Lithuania / 2024-05-09-lt-1

arson: IKEA store, Vilnius (2024-05-09)

/ date of the event

What happened

Arson at the IKEA store in Vilnius, dated 9 May 2024 in the Polish National Prosecutor's indictment covering a series of arson attacks on large retail sites. The extent of the damage and any casualties are not established in the source used. Lithuanian proceedings are separate.

Responsibility and limits of the evidence

officially attributed

A court or a competent state body has attributed it. That is not the same as a proven attack: an indictment is an allegation, not a verdict.

Named party: Russian Federation intelligence service

B - official attribution by a state body

Prokuratura Krajowa / 2026-03-25 / carrying out the act

On 25 March 2026 the National Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment covering the arson of the IKEA store in Vilnius, alleging that the accused acted "on behalf of the foreign intelligence service of the Russian Federation". An indictment is an allegation, not a verdict.

Impact

killed
not established
injured
not established
damage
not established

pending editorial review

Sources

  1. Akt oskarżenia w sprawie podpaleń obiektów wielkopowierzchniowych na rzecz wywiadu Federacji Rosyjskiej

    Prokuratura Krajowa / 2026-03-25 / primary source

    supports: the record, the attribution, the date