Tight security as thousands gather for far-right Polish march
Organizers said attendance could reach 500,000 as police deployed extra officers and barriers after a deadly Krakow shooting raised tensions.
- 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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Four days after the attack in Krakow, tens of thousands of nationalists march through Warsaw. The organizers speak of more than 700,000 participants. Premier Tusk invites the president to reconciliation, but his palace beckons.
In Warsaw on November 11, the Independence March was held on the occasion of the national holiday of Poland, which was joined by President Karol Navrotsky.
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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.
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