Tight security as thousands gather for far-right Polish march
Police deployed extra officers as organizers expected record turnout and foreign nationalist groups joined the annual march under heavy security.
- On Wednesday, Poland deployed extra police in Warsaw as thousands gathered for the annual Independence Day march amid heightened political tension following a mass shooting in Krakow.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski stated the gunman, 24-year-old MichaB OksiDski, held "very radical views" and "was fascinated by far-right ideologies." OksiDski killed six people in Krakow on Nov 7 before dying in a shootout.
- Police discovered three bodies at OksiDski's family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, about 93 miles northeast of Krakow. The market square attack also left 15 people injured, including a British national.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk appealed for restraint, warning that political divisions threaten Poland's common good. Tusk urged citizens to prioritize unity over partisan conflict.
- Organizers expect record turnout including foreign nationalists under the motto "A Pole is the host in Poland." Critics argue the march platforms racism, while organizers maintain it expresses national pride.
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Insider PaperTens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days afer shootings
The event is held each November 11 to commemorate the ending in 1918 of 123 years of partition by Russia, Prussia and Austria. While generally peaceful, some rallies in the past have been marred by clashes with police or counter-demonstrators. Mariusz, a 52-year-old from the eastern city of Przemysl, told AFP he had to come to the march to "show his patriotism". Before the march, crowds gathered at an "independence town" of booths and tents in f…
Tens of thousands of people took part in an independence march organized by nationalists and extreme right-wing extremists on Wednesday in Warsaw. The demonstration of the Polish National Day took place a few days after a deadly firearms attack in Krakow under high security precautions. Additional tensions triggered a power struggle between the Polish government and the right-wing nationalist camp for the Constitutional Court. At temperatures of…
Tens of thousands of nationalist sympathizers gathered in the capital Warsaw on Wednesday to participate in a demonstration march on Poland's National Day.
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