Celebrations marred by protests

13th November 2010

Police were in force to separate the protestors

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Police, far-right demonstrators and anti-fascist campaigners played a violent game of cat and mouse through the streets of Warsaw on November 11, providing a sour note to the pomp and circumstance of official celebrations.

As President Komorowski led formal ceremonies to mark Poland’s independence hundreds of ultra-nationalist demonstrators from the Radical Camp and the All Polish Youth took to the streets around the Royal Castle only to be met by a larger counter-demonstration and hundreds of police, intent on keeping the two parties apart.

Despite the large police presence violence broke out leading to one policeman requiring hospital treatment for injuries, and a number of arrests ...

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