The dangerous incident occurred at the border. At night, four Belarusian officers tried to damage a fence and force 11 migrants to enter Poland, the Ministry of National Defence said. Videos have also been published showing how tense the situation has been at the border in recent hours. Soldiers and officers repel another assault by a group of migrants.
The Ministry of National Defense reported that there was another incident on the Polish-Belarusian border.
“Last night, four Belarusian officers tried to damage the fence and force 11 migrants to enter Poland. The soldiers managed to thwart this attempt,” informed the Ministry of National Defence on Twitter.
“Migrants have attacked our soldiers and officers with stones and are trying to destroy the fence and enter Poland. Our services used tear gas to quell the migrants’ aggression,” the Ministry added, writing about the situation in Kuźnica.
Atak migrantów na przejściu granicznym w Kuźnicy. Migranci są bardzo agresywni, rzucają w kierunku polskich funkcjonariuszy i żołnierzy kamieniami pic.twitter.com/eCJTX6vQVq
— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej ?? (@MON_GOV_PL) November 16, 2021
Migranci zostali wyposażeni przez białoruskie służby w granaty hukowe i obrzucili polskich żołnierzy i funkcjonariuszy pic.twitter.com/BwAQaK5TKL
— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej ?? (@MON_GOV_PL) November 16, 2021
Earlier, the Ministry also published information that “Belarusian services under the cover of night destroy the fence to allow migrants to cross the border illegally”. Belarusian services destroy the border fence at night
The latest photos from the border were also published by the Belarusian opposition journalist Tadeusz Giczan:
Polish MoD claims that the migrants got stun grenades from the Belarusian services in order to throw them at Polish officers. pic.twitter.com/gEn1kugwL8
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 16, 2021
Situation at the border right now. The attack was so sudden there’s little doubt it was provoked by someone on the Belarusian side. pic.twitter.com/tBabRIBLWP
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 16, 2021
The moment water cannon has been used. So far the attack doesn’t look too promising. pic.twitter.com/QSzfsvyUAt
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 16, 2021
Stranded migrants suddenly started attacking the fence and throwing stones at the Polish police officers. The Poles responded with gas and stun grenades. Water cannon is being used. pic.twitter.com/4z3DrElLuI
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) November 16, 2021
