(Notes from Poland) Police officers serving on the border with Belarus have been ordered to carry firearms due to “growing aggression” from migrants. There have recently been several attacks on Polish officers and yesterday a soldier died after being stabbed while attempting to stop migrants from crossing.
Meanwhile, the government today announced that new rules on allowing soldiers to use weapons in self-defence at the border will be presented next week. The speaker of parliament has defended the right of soldiers to “shoot at thugs who attack them.”
On Tuesday, more than 250 police officers, mainly from the prevention units, were deployed for operations on the Polish-Belarusian border to work alongside soldiers and border guards, bringing the total number of police officers there to 370.
