Tens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days afer shootings

Tens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days afer shootings

Tens of thousands of Polish nationalist sympathisers gathered in Warsaw Wednesday for an annual Independence Day March, just days after a deadly shooting spree in Krakow that shook the country. 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 pasthave been marred by clashes with police or…

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Tens of thousands of Polish nationalist sympathisers gathered in Warsaw Wednesday for an annual Independence Day March, just days after a deadly shooting spree in Krakow that shook the country. 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 pasthave been marred by clashes with police or counter-demonstrators. Philip Turle gives us his take.

In brief

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Tens of thousands of Polish nationalist sympathisers gathered in Warsaw Wednesday for an annual Independence Day March, just days after a deadly shooting spree in Krakow that shook the country. While generally peaceful, some rallies in the pasthave been marred by clashes with police or counter-demonstrators.

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