| Wólka Kosowska | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Masovian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Piaseczno |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Lesznowola |
| Coordinates: | 52.0572°N 20.8422°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | WPI |
Wólka Kosowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is located in the Warsaw metropolitan area, approximately 8km (05miles) south-west of Lesznowola, 120NaN0 west of Piaseczno, and 210NaN0 south-west of Warsaw.
Wólka Kosowska has businesses ran by Asian immigrants, mostly Chinese and Vietnamese, centered at a local shopping centre.[2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1921, the village had a population of 248, entirely Polish by ethnicity.[6]
In July 2022, September 2023, May 2024 and September 2024, there were single hall fires at the shopping center.[7] [8] [9] [10]
On 14 March 2013, five men carried out an armed robbery of escorts transporting more than 4.2 million złotys to a local bank. The escorts were shot, and, according to a press release from the prosecutor's office, survived only thanks to bulletproof vests.[11]
In 2017, the Polish Internal Security Agency and Border Guard cracked down on several illegal casinos likely run by an Asian criminal group.[12]
On 12 August 2024, a shooting occurred in which a 42-year-old Lithuanian citizen was shot, and soon died. Police arrested a 37-year-old citizen of China suspected of murder.[13]