Polish embassy condemns attack on Israeli students

Poland’s foreign ministry condemned violence against a group of Israeli students beaten at a Warsaw nightclub, following criticism that Polish leaders are not doing enough to denounce antisemitism.

“(The Polish ministry of foreign affairs) condemns acts of aggression carried out by or against foreigners in Poland. The matter of the beating of (Israeli) citizens by foreigners on Polish territory is being clarified by the police…,” Poland’s ministry of foreign affairs said in a tweet.

The group of Israelis were attacked and two of them were hospitalised while four in total were injured police said.

“We noticed some pushing and shoving, and from the window we heard cursing,” Yotam Kashpizky, one of the students who was attacked, told Israel’s TV, adding that his nose and eye socket were broken.

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