A Turkish national was arrested by German special police units in the Reutlingen district of Baden-Württemberg on 3 November (reported 4 November 2026) on suspicion of ordering a deliberate arson attack against a Starlink ground station in Poland. Stuttgart prosecutors allege he instructed two other Turkish nationals to carry out the 23 September arson attack in Wola Krobowska, approximately 50 km south of Warsaw. The two suspected direct perpetrators were previously arrested in Germany on 12 October and remain in custody pending extradition to Poland. During the latest arrest, investigators seized eight mobile phones and ammunition. The newly arrested suspect has been placed in pre-trial detention on suspicion of preparing a terrorist offence. Polish investigators have confirmed the fire was deliberately started and that the attackers allegedly targeted equipment supporting the Starlink ground station, which is described as strategically important to Ukrainian military communications. Polish prosecutors suspect the attack was carried out on the orders of Russian intelligence services, potentially to disrupt Starlink communications across Poland and other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, though Russian involvement remains an investigative allegation and German authorities have not publicly confirmed a direct link to Russian intelligence. The investigation into the organisers and those who commissioned the attack is ongoing.

A Turkish national was arrested by German special police units in the Reutlingen district of Baden-Württemberg on 3 November (reported 4 November 2026) on suspicion of ordering a deliberate arson attack against a Starlink ground station in Poland. Stuttgart prosecutors allege he instructed two other Turkish nationals to carry out the 23 September arson attack in Wola Krobowska, approximately 50 km south of Warsaw. The two suspected direct perpetrators were previously arrested in Germany on 12 October and remain in custody pending extradition to Poland. During the latest arrest, investigators seized eight mobile phones and ammunition. The newly arrested suspect has been placed in pre-trial detention on suspicion of preparing a terrorist offence. Polish investigators have confirmed the fire was deliberately started and that the attackers allegedly targeted equipment supporting the Starlink ground station, which is described as strategically important to Ukrainian military communications. Polish prosecutors suspect the attack was carried out on the orders of Russian intelligence services, potentially to disrupt Starlink communications across Poland and other parts of Central and Eastern Europe, though Russian involvement remains an investigative allegation and German authorities have not publicly confirmed a direct link to Russian intelligence. The investigation into the organisers and those who commissioned the attack is ongoing.