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Police Are Looking for Attackers Who Kicked a Polish Traveler in Ostrava

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The police are investigating the weekend attack on Pole Jakub Heisig in Ostrava as an attempted crime of bodily harm. The traveler was on a charity ride through Upper Silesia at the time. According to the victim, the attackers were his compatriots. Ostrava crime scene investigators have not yet specified the affiliation of the attackers or their number.

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The police are investigating the weekend attack on Pole Jakub Heisig in Ostrava as an attempted crime of bodily harm. The traveler was on a charity ride through Upper Silesia at the time. According to the victim, the attackers were his compatriots. Ostrava crime scene investigators have not yet specified the affiliation of the attackers or their number.

The police in Ostrava are investigating the attack on Pole Jakub Heisig, who interrupted a charity bike ride along the Czech-Polish border due to injuries he sustained. The victim claims that he was most likely attacked by Polish compatriots because he was wearing a yellow-and-blue hat. However, these are the colors not only of Ukraine, but also of the historical country of Upper Silesia.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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PRAGUE - Polish cyclist Kuba Heisig was the victim of an attack during a charity ride in the Czech Republic. He was allegedly attacked in the center of Ostrava by a group of Poles who associated his yellow-and-blue hat with Ukraine. The man was taken to hospital after the attack. The incident is now being investigated by Czech police.

If it weren't for such vile words, disguised as supposed common sense and patriotism, no one would have attacked Kuba Heisig. No one would have held a grudge against his blue-and-yellow cap, or called him a Bandera supporter.

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Heisig's Cuba was attacked as he drove past a group of Poles. The reason was his panama in the yellow-blue colors of the East Silesia region. The attackers mistook the cyclist for a Ukrainian.

It was supposed to be a touching charity event for his pregnant partner with cancer, but in the end, Polish cyclist Jakub Heisig ended up in the hospital. Why? In Ostrava, he was beaten up by his own compatriots because he was wearing a yellow-and-blue cap, which they mistook for Ukrainian colors. In reality, however, it was the colors of Upper Silesia, which the aggressors did not recognize and cursed him with a "Banderovka" (Banderian name). T…

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Aktuálně.cz broke the news on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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