Cases
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A taxi driver from Azerbaijan, who has been living legally in Poland for four years, was attacked near Warsaw's Gdański Railway Station after an unidentified man ran up to his…
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In central Warsaw, a conflict occurred during a street performance by Ukrainian musicians when a passerby reacted aggressively. According to witnesses, he shouted offensive remarks targeting the performers because of…
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On 24 May 2026, at a playground on Staffa street in Warsaw, an unidentified man attacked an 11-year-old boy from Ukraine. The boy's mother published an account of the incident…
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On the evening of May 8th, in Radom, four men aged 30-40 approached a 20-year-old Ukrainian and asked for a cigarette. Upon hearing his Polish accent, they demanded he sing…
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On the evening of May 7th, a group of around ten Polish youths violently attacked a group of Ukrainian teenagers near the Świętokrzyski Bridge in Warsaw. The attackers, who initially…
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In Olsztyn, a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy was violently attacked by a group of adult men after a minor dispute in a park. The incident began when the victim's 12-year-old brother…
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On 3 May 2026 in Sosnowiec, 44-year-old Krzysztof B., a resident of the city, used violence against a 12-year-old boy from Ukraine. "The man hit the teenager in the head,…
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A passenger attempted to strike a taxi driver, and shouted "Fuck Ukraine" and "Fuck Ukrainians." He then attacked a police officer.
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On 7 April 2026 in Raciąż two men attacked a 16-year-old boy from Ukraine. As the police statement of the District Police Headquarters in Płońsk described it: "The findings show…
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On the evening of April 4th, around 11:00 PM, near the Imperial Castle in Poznań, a Polish woman attacked two Ukrainian girls aged approximately 14–15 years old. A bystander named…
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A woman hit a person twice and said "I hate Ukrainians" on a Warsaw city bus for no apparent reason, as the person was silent and not talking to anyone.…
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A 20-year-old Ukrainian man experiencing homelessness was brutally attacked at Pasaż Wiecha in central Warsaw. The assault was captured on surveillance footage, which showed a man approaching the victim and…
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On March 16, 2026, around 18:00 in Warsaw, a conflict occurred on tram line 22 on Aleje Jerozolimskie near the Krucza 05 stop between a 28-year-old Polish man and a…
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On 13 March 2026, at Primary School No. 12 in Olsztyn, one of the pupils behaved aggressively towards a boy from Ukraine. During a lesson he hit him in the…
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Two Ukrainian nationals, Ivan S. and Vasyl H., were attacked with a machete on the evening of February 19, 2026, at a residential property in Przasnysz. The attackers, Mateusz P.…
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On February 14 in Warsaw’s district Praga-Północ, a group of five men attacked a Ukrainian citizen after hearing his accent. The attackers were carrying telescopic batons, pepper spray, and objects…
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A 27-year-old pregnant Ukrainian woman, Anastasiya, and her husband were attacked by a taxi driver in central Warsaw on February 12, 2026, near plac Grzybowski. The driver shouted xenophobic remarks…
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Late in the evening of February 7, an attack on two Ukrainian women occurred on a street in Pruszków. According to initial reports, the incident involved an aggressive group linked…
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During a bus trip from Poland to Germany, a conflict arose between a group of Polish passengers and a Ukrainian citizen, which escalated into a physical altercation. “Get back to…
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On the evening of December 19, 2025, a 41-year-old Ukrainian man, Jurij L., was attacked by a group of unidentified young men outside a residential block in Radom. Earlier that…
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On 11 December 2025 in a tram in Poznań, two 27-year-old men carried out verbal and physical violence against a passenger who was speaking Ukrainian. The victim was a citizen…
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A 55-year-old man in Gdańsk became aggressive after being refused the sale of alcohol past 10 p.m. at a local store. He argued with the cashier, shouted at other customers,…
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On 25 October 2025, in a grocery shop at the Market Square in Kazimierz Dolny, an unidentified man used violence against a pupil from Ukraine attending the Jan Koszczyc Witkiewicz…
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A trial has begun in Wrocław against Małgorzata C. and her partner Dawid Ł., who are accused of attacking 17-year-old Aliona K., a Ukrainian cashier working at a Żabka store…
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On 25 September 2025, on an estate on Lubiejewska street in Ostrów Mazowiecka, a local resident attacked an 11-year-old dark-skinned boy. He shouted racist and vulgar insults referring to the…
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Two Ukrainian women, Wira and Valentyna, were attacked by a neighbor in the courtyard of their residential complex. The man, estimated to be about 50 years old, verbally abused them…
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After shopping at a Biedronka supermarket, a Ukrainian couple was attacked while loading groceries into their car. A drunk man approached them, asked where they were from, and upon hearing…
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In a bus on line 190, a 38-year-old man verbally abused Ukrainian passengers with xenophobic slurs and physically attacked 51-year-old activist Zenobia Żaczek, causing injuries. He was later arrested at…
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A Ukrainian woman reported that in 2025 she and her husband were physically thrown out of a nightclub in Kraków after a security guard heard her Ukrainian accent. According to…
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A 17-year-old boy, Szymon, who was born and raised in Poland and has dark skin, was stabbed seven times by 17-year-old Gracjan R. during an attack in a public park…
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Two Ukrainian men and a young woman were attacked near a Żabka store after being verbally abused with xenophobic slurs by a group of four Polish men. When the Ukrainians…
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A Ukrainian woman was attacked in Warsaw’s Praga district by an unidentified man while walking with two Belarusian friends near market stalls. According to her mother, the man accused the…
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A Belarusian couple was brutally attacked near the city’s waterfront. The man sustained a fractured eye socket, as well as head and chest injuries, and is undergoing medical examinations before…
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In the early hours of Wednesday, police responded to a report of two men stabbed on Jagiełły Street. Both victims — citizens of Georgia — were taken to hospital. Two…
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A Belarusian man, living in Poland since 2021 after his family fled political persecution, was attacked in Ursus together with his girlfriend. The attackers reportedly mistook him for a Ukrainian.…
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Two men attacked a kebab shop run by a Bangladeshi citizen, smashing windows and threatening to kill him with a machete. The owner, Anwar Jahid, said: “I couldn’t sleep all…
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On 26 July 2025 in the centre of Częstochowa, two citizens of Zimbabwe were ordered to leave a bar by Patryk R. and his companion. After the victims refused, they…
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In the evening of July 20, 2025, in Białystok on Mickiewicza Street, two Belarusian young men were attacked by a group of unknown assailants after a verbal exchange with a…
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During an anti-immigration protest held across several Polish cities, a man from Tunisia affiliated with the local football club Beniaminek 03 was attacked while waiting for food near a restaurant.…
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On 14 July 2025, a 40-year-old Paraguayan man who was legally living and working in Wałbrzych was assaulted by two local men after false allegations that he had filmed children.…
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In mid-July 2025, in front of the Galaxy shopping centre in the centre of Szczecin, two residents of the city attacked a 16-year-old boy from Ukraine. According to the account…
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On 3 April 2025, five African residents of the open refugee reception centre in Czerwony Bór were attacked as they walked to the nearest shop, several kilometres away through the…
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On the night of 31 December 2024 into 1 January 2025, in Mszczonów (Żyrardów county, Mazovia), a group of young men attacked four Ukrainian citizens. According to the police, the…
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On 24 August 2024, near a grocery shop on Pocztowa street in Szczecin, 42-year-old Tomasz A. attacked a family from Ukraine. He heard a father speaking Ukrainian with his small…
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A 22-year-old Belarusian woman was speaking Russian with her friend near the Księcia Janusza metro station when an adult couple approached them. The woman verbally abused them, used offensive language,…
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On 1 April 2024, in central Warsaw’s Świętokrzyski Park, a group of around 15–20 teenagers attacked a 15-year-old Belarusian boy who was there with a Ukrainian friend riding scooters. The…
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On the evening of 28 January 2024, on Kazimierska street in Szczecin, unknown perpetrators threw a firecracker onto the balcony of a flat inhabited by a family with children from…
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On 20 November 2023, in a school in Pisarzowice in the Bielsko county, three 13-year-old pupils beat an 11-year-old schoolmate from Ukraine. The attack took place on the school grounds…
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On 21 October 2023 in Piekoszów near Kielce, a 36-year-old resident, Szczepan B., brutally beat a 12-year-old boy, a refugee from Ukraine. When the man saw two Ukrainian boys walking…
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On 31 August 2023, on one of the municipal sports pitches in the Komorowice district of Bielsko-Biała, a group of teenagers brutally beat two brothers who were refugees evacuated from…
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In August 2023, in Błaszki (Łódzkie Voivodeship), six Latin American migrant workers — a Mexican woman, Rocio Flores, and five Colombians — were threatened with a gun by a representative…
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On 7 January 2023, at a tram stop on Królewska street in Lublin, two men attacked a Ukrainian woman, her 13-year-old son and her adult, heavily pregnant daughter. The attack…
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On the evening of 3 August 2022, near the city park in Pińczów, a 30-year-old local man attacked a 16-year-old resident of the town because of his skin colour. He…
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On 16 July 2022 on Jagiellońska street in Sosnowiec, an unidentified woman attacked a Ukrainian citizen who was waiting at a bus stop with her three-year-old daughter. The attacker heard…
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On 12 April 2022 on Solidarity Square (skwer Solidarności) in Częstochowa, a 17-year-old Polish student of a local technical school attacked two 15-year-old girls from Ukraine. She approached them, insulted…
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On the evening of 9 April 2022, at around 8:55 p.m., a man attacked two Ukrainian women on tram line 33 at the Park Olszyna stop in Warsaw. One of…