Polish soldiers fired shots at a group of migrants crossing the Poland-Belarus border Tuesday evening, injuring a Sudanese citizen, the army said Wednesday.
The incident occurred at 8.37 pm local time (1837GMT) in the area under the jurisdiction of the Polish Border Guard station in Narewka on Poland’s northeastern border.
Maj. Blazej Lukaszewski of the Podlaskie Task Force said: “In accordance with applicable procedures, soldiers from the task force used direct coercive measures, including smoothbore weapons.
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