Tight security as thousands gather for far-right Polish march
Thousands of marchers gathered under heavy security as police braced for clashes amid tensions over a Krakow mass shooting.
- 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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Tens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days ...
Tens of thousands of Poles with white-red sheets met on Wednesday in the centre of Warsaw at the traditional March of Independence, an extensive demonstration of Polish nationalists and right-wing extremists, informs AFP. Before the march began at 2.30 p.m., participants from all over the country were able to visit "the city of independence", made up of stands and tents installed in ...
Thousands of people marched through central Warsaw on Wednesday to celebrate Poland's Independence Day, amid heightened security measures following a deadly gun attack in Krakow and political tensions over a constitutional crisis, TVP World reports.
Hundreds of thousands of Polish nationalists have gathered for a march through the center of the Polish capital. There are also extraordinary security measures because this year the march of nationalists comes in an extremely tense context and there is fear of...
Police tighten security in Warsaw as Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls for restraint following attack in Krakow
Security measures were heightened in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, ahead of a march held as part of Independence Day celebrations, which saw a large turnout of far-right groups. The demonstration, which also included nationalist groups from various European countries, took place amid heightened political tensions following the shooting in Krakow that killed six people. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for restraint in the face of societal pola…
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