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POLAND: Police kill Nigerian immigrant in Warsaw, arrest 32 others

01 May 2010

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A 36 year old street seller in Warsaw was shot to death in the Praga District in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday May 23 after he tried to defend a colleague who was being violently arrested by police. In the turmoil that followed 32 people were arrested. The person who was shot dead, Max, had a legal status in Poland and was married to a Polish woman with whom he had three children.

Police initially communicated that they had been 'surrounded and attacked by by a gang of aggressive Africans'. But eyewitnesses tell a completely different story and the syndicalist solidarity-organisation ZSP accuses the police of a racist murder. After Monica, the wife of Max, and others brought their story out, police had to retract their version. Under pressure of solidarity actions outside of the police station all of the arrested have been released by Tuesday May 25, but 25 of them are being charged of assaulting the police and thus face up to ten years imprisonment.

More information, pictures and video's can be found on the website of ZSP Warsaw.

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