Magdalenka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Piaseczno |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Lesznowola |
Coordinates: | 52.0967°N 20.9092°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 1,136[1] |
Magdalenka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) north-west of Lesznowola, 90NaN0 north-west of Piaseczno, and 150NaN0 south-west of Warsaw.
It was also the site of a bloody conflict between Polish Special Forces, BOA, and two heavily armed mafia combatants in 2003. It resulted in two police officers being killed and seventeen wounded.[3] The mafia combatants used homemade mines and explosives, while they also had at least twenty eight weapons - from handguns to rifles.