{"id":88840,"date":"2024-06-04T17:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88840\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"polish-guard-at-risk-of-losing-eye-after-attack-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88840\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish guard at risk of losing eye after attack at Belarus’ border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> A Polish border guard wounded yesterday at the border with Belarus remains in serious condition after being diagnosed with a fractured skull and may lose an eye, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred on Monday near the Bia\u0142owie\u017ca forest. \u201cA group of aggressive people\u201d attacked the border patrol officer with a tree branch, the Polish Border Guard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late May, Polish authorities reported two similar incidents involving third-country migrants trying to cross from Belarus into the European Union.<\/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.<\/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

Since the start of 2024, the EU has thwarted more than 19,000 illegal border crossings on its shared border with Belarus, with at least 16,870 attempts via Poland alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illegal border crossings picked up pace in February, reaching a record high in May, rising 22 percent year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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