 Leaflets were distributed through the region that AK was planning to execute members of the Lithuanian units guilty of the Glinciszki massacre, and a raid on the pre-war Lithuanian Republic territory was planned.The AK command did not plan, and actually strictly forbade, any reprisals against innocent civilians.The 5th Brigade of AK, under command of Zygmunt Szendzielarz codename "Łupaszko", learned that some of the individuals responsible for the Glinciszki massacre and their families were stationed in the police station in Dubingai.