France 24 reported turnout in the tens of thousands at Warsaw's Nov. 11 Independence Day march, an annual event held days after a deadly shooting in Krakow.
The march took place several days after a fatal shooting in Krakow. Poland's government said the suspect may have been influenced by far-right ideology, and Reuters reported that nationalist opposition politicians disputed that account. EconoTimes previously covered the investigation into possible far-right influence.
Poland marks Nov. 11 as Independence Day, recalling its 1918 emergence from a 123-year partition among Russia, Prussia and Austria, France 24 reported. Past versions of the march have sometimes seen clashes involving police or counterdemonstrators, although France 24 characterized the event as generally peaceful.
Reuters has also described competing political views of the event: right-wing parties cast it as a patriotic expression, while centrists in government argue it has offered a platform for racism.
