Poland’s President Andrzej Duda called it shocking and the minister of defense demanded explanations Thursday after it emerged that three soldiers were handcuffed and detained by Polish military police in March for having fired warning shots when faced with an advancing group of migrants on the border with Belarus.
The situation at the European Union's eastern border is increasingly tense under pressure from thousands of people from the Middle East, Asia and Africa trying to force the metal barrier that Poland put up in 2022 to seal the frontier, which is patrolled by Polish army troops and border guards. Recently, some officers required hospital treatment for knife and other wounds inflicted from behind the barrier.
