Far-right party's protest marred by case of mistaken identity
PR dla Zagranicy
Aleksander Nowacki
11.03.2015 17:10
As a far-right party planned protests against alleged wrongful arrest of an activist, Marek Marecki for attacking the president, the police said the arrestee was a wanted man of a different name.
President Bronisław Komorowski was allegedly attacked by the chair-armed protester. Photo: PAP
The man known to his party colleagues as Marek Marecki was arrested on Sunday for allegedly shouting abuse at President Bronisław Komorowski, then attempting to throw a chair at him.
The activists of KORWiN, a small far-right outfit named after Member of European Parliament Janusz Korwin-Mikke, claimed he was merely holding up the chair as a happening.
The chair was an allusion to President Komorowski’s recent faux pas of standing on the chair of the speaker of the Japanese parliament.
“It seems the activists know neither the real name of their colleague nor that he was wanted for another crime,” a police spokesperson said. (an)
Source: PAP