{"id":87564,"date":"2024-05-28T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/87564\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-soldier-hospitalized-after-knife-attack-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/87564\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish soldier hospitalized after knife attack at Belarus’ border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n (Polish Border Guard)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

May 28, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A Polish soldier has been hospitalized after being attacked with a knife by a foreigner who tried to cross into Poland from Belarus on Tuesday, the Polish Border Guard reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attacker was attempting an illegal border crossing with a large group of third-country foreigners, who behaved aggressively, repeatedly attacking the wounded man and a female border guard who was providing first aid, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border guards used vehicles to protect both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wound is serious but not life-threatening, Polish Deputy Interior Minister Czes\u0142aw Mroczek told Polskie Radio<\/em> later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He accused Belarusian authorities of facilitating illegal migration, noting the aggressive behavior of migrants and rising numbers of illegal border crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few hours before the attack, a Polish border guard was reportedly hit with a broken bottle, suffered facial injuries and was also hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another migrant used a stick with an attached knife to attack the guard, who also needed medical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the start of 2024, the EU thwarted at least 17,800 illegal border crossings at its shared border with Belarus, including about 15,500 attempts via Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illegal border crossings picked up pace in February and keep reaching record highs in May, Pozirk\u2019s analysis of daily stats shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The migration crisis at the Belarusian-EU border started in spring 2021 after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka, angered by EU sanctions, had indicated that Minsk would not prevent migrants from Africa and Asia from using Belarus as a route to the EU. It escalated in November 2021, with hundreds of migrants storming the Polish border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2021, the Belarusian government announced the suspension of a readmission agreement with the EU in response to sanctions that followed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Baltic states and Poland accused Belarusian authorities of creating the trouble, while the latter blamed it on the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August 2023, the interior ministers of Poland and the Baltic States warned that they would close the border with Belarus in response to a surge in illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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