Polish police search Gromda properties nationwide in hate speech and assault inquiry

Nationwide searches targeting bare-knuckle fight promotion

Police officers conducted coordinated searches across Poland on 9 September 2026 as part of an investigation into the Gromda Fight Club organisation. The operation was ordered by the Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office and executed by cybercrime and criminal division officers from the Radom Voivodship Police Headquarters, supported by forensic experts. Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Marcin Kierwiński confirmed that authorities secured digital data storage devices during the morning raids. Minister of Justice and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek also addressed the police action on social media.

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Extremism and hate speech investigation

The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office formally initiated the inquiry on 29 July 2026 to review online content published by entities and individuals affiliated with Gromda. Investigators are reviewing posts, graphics, and video recordings published between 25 May 2025 and 25 July 2026 across YouTube, X, and Facebook, where the promotion has over 531,000 followers. Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Piotr Antoni Skiba stated that an analysis of the materials revealed radically xenophobic and racist messaging directed against Ukrainian nationals, other racial groups, and immigrants from Africa and Asia. Prosecutors also determined that the posts promoted vigilantism and advocated breaking the state monopoly on the use of violence, frequently using imagery of fighters armed with hammers and clubs alongside slogans asserting territorial dominance.

The content and manner of preparation and publication of these materials also justifies examining whether there was promotion of extremist ideology, meaning calling for the use of violence to influence political or social life.

Ownership reaction to the police raids

Gromda founder and owner Mariusz Grabowski responded to the nationwide police actions on 9 September 2026 by publishing a video statement on social media. Grabowski acknowledged the ongoing inquiry into materials published by the promotion, which was founded in 2020 to host bare-knuckle boxing tournaments. He stated that the organisation cooperates with law enforcement and wants the case thoroughly clarified by investigators.

We are in favour of thoroughly clarifying this matter, and making a media circus is not our thing, and we do not want to do that.

Assault on Ukrainian nationals in Wrocław

The broader scrutiny of the fight league stems from a violent attack that occurred on 26 July 2026 in Wrocław. A 20-year-old Ukrainian woman named Anastazja and her 21-year-old partner Maksym were assaulted in a parking lot outside a Żabka convenience store on Okulickiego Street after a dispute in a checkout queue. The assailants punched, kicked, and tasered the victims, leaving the woman requiring facial stitches. Police counter-terrorist units arrested two men in connection with the beating, including 45-year-old Gromda fighter Adam C., known by the alias "Cycu", who previously served 10 years in prison. Adam C. faces up to 7.5 years in prison, while 27-year-old co-suspect Tomasz M. faces up to 5 years, and Wrocław police continue to pursue a third identified suspect who has evaded arrest for over a month.