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Polish authorities have charged a Tunisian citizen with murder in the stabbing death of a Polish man on New Year’s Eve, a case that sparked violent protests over the weekend.
The trouble began on Saturday evening when the 21-year-old Pole, identified only as Daniel, got into a quarrel with the employees of a kebab restaurant in Elk, in northeastern Poland.
Prosecutor Wojciech Piktel said on Monday that investigators are still unsure of all the circumstances, but it appears Daniel and another Pole took two bottles of a beverage from the restaurant, Prince Kebab, without paying. In the ensuing brawl, a 26-year-old cook stabbed Daniel twice with his knife. The cook could face life in prison if convicted, according to authorities. Piktel said that the second Pole threw firecrackers into the restaurant.
The following day, people began gathering in front of the restaurant shouting anti-foreigner slogans and throwing stones and firecrackers at it, breaking windows.
When police arrived, some in the crowd attacked officers with stones and bottles. Police arrested 28 people in that incident, and a police spokesman, Rafal Jackowski, said “they may have to answer for destroying public property or disrupting the public order.”