In Krakow, a man who attacked a Ukrainian couple turned himself in to the police
In Kraków, Poland, a 39-year-old man suspected of assaulting and making ethnically motivated insults against a Ukrainian couple turned himself in at a police station.
According to police spokeswoman Elżbieta Znakowska-Bytnar, the man was detained, after which the necessary legal proceedings were initiated against him.
Once police procedures are complete, the detainee will be taken to the prosecutor’s office, where he may be formally charged.
Police noted that the investigation is being conducted on the grounds of national-based insults. Under Polish law, such a crime is punishable by up to three years in prison.
Source: Polsat News.
In Gdańsk, Poland, a man was detained after attacking a Ukrainian citizen and two Poles, insulting them and calling them “Banderites.” According to police, the attacker initially started a confrontation with the Ukrainian man because of his Eastern European accent, after which he tried to beat him. The victim managed to escape.
In Gdańsk, a 37-year-old Polish man attacked a Ukrainian and two passersby whom he mistakenly took for Ukrainians. The man was drunk, shouted about “Bandera supporters,” and broke the arm of one of the two Polish men. The police later detained the attacker—he was found to have a blood alcohol level of over 1.5 per mille, and he was also driving without a license.
