Man detained in Poland for assaulting Ukrainian woman in Gdynia
A 76-year-old man who attacked a 40-year-old Ukrainian woman in Gdynia has been detained in Poland.
Source: European Pravda, citing TVN24
Details: The suspect was detained by criminal investigators from the Gdynia City Police Headquarters.
The District Prosecutor's Office in Gdynia has opened proceedings on its own initiative over a crime involving bodily harm to the victim.
"At present, the established circumstances do not indicate that the incident was a hate crime motivated by national prejudice. Further procedural actions are ongoing in this case," the police said on Saturday after 16:30.
Previously: On 30 July in Gdynia, the attacker struck the Ukrainian woman twice on the head with a wooden walking stick and then fled the scene.
Background:
- In Wrocław, a group of Polish men recently attacked a young Ukrainian couple, allegedly after hearing their accent. The perpetrators were remanded in custody for three months.
- On a train near Warsaw, two men harassed a Ukrainian passenger. After intervention by a conductor and other passengers, they were removed from the carriage, and police later issued fines.
- Amid these incidents, Poland's Interior Ministry stressed that such acts would be met with an appropriate response from law enforcement, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on Polish President Karol Nawrocki to "break the silence".
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