Riots hit the streets of Warsaw

18th November 2011

Warsaw's Independence Day parade was hijacked by masked rioters with women and children caught up in the maelstrom

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Forty six people face the prospect of a stint behind bars after being arrested during violent clashes in Warsaw that marred Independence Day and left 29 needing hospital treatment.

Violence broke out a number of times on November 11 as left-wing demonstrators and anarchists tried to stop a march by far-right groups All Polish Youth (MW) and the National Radical Camp (ONR). Both sides appeared to have their numbers boosted by radical elements from abroad, a fact that was reflected in initial arrests with 92 of the 202 arrested being German.

The clashes escalated into full-scale riots around the capital’s Plac Na Rozdrozu and Plac Konstytucji, where police used water cannons and tear gas ...

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