 This chain of events stained the reputation of AK in Lithuania and continue to sour the Lithuanian–Polish relations.Zygmunt Szendzielarz, the commander of the 5th Brigade, which was responsible for the massacre, became a member of the Polish anti-Soviet resistance and was arrested in 1948 by the communist Polish secret police.After more than two years of torture and interrogation, he was executed by the communist Polish government in 1951.