Tight security as thousands gather for far-right Polish march
Organizers said a record turnout was expected as foreign nationalist groups joined the annual march under a slogan stressing Polish sovereignty.
- 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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In a speech before the start of the Independence March, Donald Tusk called for unity among the Polish people - Organizers report record turnout
According to city officials, there were 250,000 participants.
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welingelichtekringen.nlWARSAW (ANP/RTR) - In the Polish capital Warsaw, tens of thousands of people took to the streets for the annual nationalist march on Independence Day. On that day, the fact that Poland regained its sovereignty in 1918 is celebrated, after having suffered under m... for more than a hundred years.
The President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki , joined the march of tens of thousands of supporters of the radical right in Warsaw and gave a kind speech in which he appealed to the nation for a "free Constitutional Court". He also justified Poland's exclusion from "Brussels projects" because he wants "true independence, true sovereignty and the nation's responsibility for the Republic of Poland." On 11 November, Poland commemorates the recovery of in…
President Karol Nawrocki took part in the independence march in Warsaw. The rally of nationalist to far-right groups was also directed against Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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