Polish border guard: four servicemen were injured on the Belarusian-Polish border
Four Polish soldiers were injured as a result of new clashes with migrants on the Polish border Belarus at night on November 19. Anna Mikhalskaya, a spokesman for the Polish border guard, reported to TASS about the wounds of servicemen.
“Four soldiers were injured. They have minor injuries as a result of being hit by stones, ”Michalskaya clarified. A representative of the border guards said that at night two groups of migrants made attempts to forcefully cross the border. There were about 500 people in one of the groups, Michalskaya said.
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The assaults were repelled thanks to tear gas, but the Polish soldiers actively responded with stones and sticks, blinded them with a laser pointer. According to Mikhalskaya, after the migrants failed to break through the border, they were taken away by the Belarusian security forces. Polish border guards did not find any attempts to storm camps or crowds of people at the site.
Earlier, Belarus named the number of victims of the use of special equipment against migrants from the Polish side. Belarusian investigators counted 65 victims, including 14 minors. Only 62 people turned out to be citizens of Iraq, two of Belarus, and one citizen of Russia.
The clashes on the Belarusian-Polish border began on November 8, when a column of migrants came from the territory of Belarus to the border strip and tried to enter the European Union. Within a few days, small groups joined the congestion of migrants, as a result, their number reached several thousand. Poland accused the Belarusian authorities of artificially creating a migration crisis. On November 18, some of the refugees settled in a warehouse in Belarus, but some groups continue to attempt to storm the Polish border.