Polish soldier dies after clash with migrants on Belarus border As Poles prepare to vote in the EU election on June 9, the soldier’s death could provide a boost to anti-immigrant parties.

June 6, 2024   

(Politico) A Polish soldier has died after being stabbed by a migrant on the country’s border with Belarus, Warsaw’s military said Thursday.

The soldier was involved in a clash with migrants attempting to cross Poland’s northeast border from Belarus on May 28, according to Polish media. He was stabbed in the chest through the border barrier.

Despite being treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Hajnówka, and then transported to a military hospital in Warsaw, “his life could not be saved,” the General Command of the Armed Forces said in a statement on X.

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