Peterski
06-27-2017, 01:23 PM
German media reported that visiting Muslim students from Germany were harassed in Lublin:
http://www.pi-news.net/kulturelle-missverstaendnisse-in-polen/
Google translation:
Muslim pupils of the theodor-heuss-community school from berlin-moabit have been racially offended, threatened and attacked on a trip to poland. The polish news portal wirtualna polska reports on the pupils and the Polish newspaper fact, a student wearing a headscarf was spat on the jubilee in lublin on 21 june. Friends of the muslima, who wanted to help and to draw the attention of stripe policemen to the incident, were ignored. When they went to another agency to report the attack, they were laughed at for their grievances, said magdalena zagórska, a Polish-born Polish woman who served as a translator.
But according to the official website of Lublin Police, surveillance cameras of the urban monitoring system did not register any of these incidents involving German Muslims described in some media.
From Lublin's Police site:
http://www.lubelska.policja.gov.pl/lub/aktualnosci/69333,Oswiadczenie-Komendy-Wojewodzkiej-Policji-w-Lublinie.html
Google translation:
"From mid-June this year in Lublin the number of police patrols was greatly increased. The reason was the UEFA EURO U21 tournament. The task of the police officers was to watch over the safety of the fans and the inhabitants of the city. During this period the police did not notice any disturbing incident with the supporters' groups among whom there were many foreigners. In spite of this, yesterday, some media appeared to show information about aversion and even racism against a group of foreigners from Germany. This group during the ongoing EURO U21 stayed in Lublin on an educational trip. One of the events described by the journalists was to take place on 21 June in the city center (...)
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Next day Plenipotentiary of the Voivodship Police Commander in Lublin for the Protection of Human Rights subinsp. Dr. Edyta Naja received a call from one of the employees at the State Museum in Majdanek. In a telephone interview she heard that on June 21st, an incident occurred in the city center during which a man spat next to one of the participants. The museum staff did not witness this incident and information about it was obtained from the caretaker of a group of German youth who spoke fluent Polish. As a result of the conversation, the caregiver was not witnessed and the information was later obtained from the charges. At that time the group was supposed to have free time and spend it individually in the city. Deputy Inspector. Edyta Naja just after the interview ended, the information was sent to the Head of the Prevention Unit of the Police Headquarters in Lublin. As a result, all patrols that served in the following days in this area were immediately notified. Police officers have been given instructions on where the group is staying and spending their free time. Additional patrols were added to this area. Everything is so that people on the educational tour can feel safe in our city.
After the information that appeared yesterday in some media, explanatory actions were initiated. Police officers secured and looked at the footage of the city surveillance camera where the incident occurred. The record does not result in any incident involving foreigners or moving groups of supporters.
No participants in this trip nor their guardian did not come to any of the Lublin police stations. There was no formal notice in this or that matter, although the group stayed in our city for several days and the group's guardian was fluent in Polish. Tourists did not report any complaints to Lublin police officers.
Chamberlain of. Andrzej Fijołek
Social Communication Team
KWP in Lublin"
http://www.pi-news.net/kulturelle-missverstaendnisse-in-polen/
Google translation:
Muslim pupils of the theodor-heuss-community school from berlin-moabit have been racially offended, threatened and attacked on a trip to poland. The polish news portal wirtualna polska reports on the pupils and the Polish newspaper fact, a student wearing a headscarf was spat on the jubilee in lublin on 21 june. Friends of the muslima, who wanted to help and to draw the attention of stripe policemen to the incident, were ignored. When they went to another agency to report the attack, they were laughed at for their grievances, said magdalena zagórska, a Polish-born Polish woman who served as a translator.
But according to the official website of Lublin Police, surveillance cameras of the urban monitoring system did not register any of these incidents involving German Muslims described in some media.
From Lublin's Police site:
http://www.lubelska.policja.gov.pl/lub/aktualnosci/69333,Oswiadczenie-Komendy-Wojewodzkiej-Policji-w-Lublinie.html
Google translation:
"From mid-June this year in Lublin the number of police patrols was greatly increased. The reason was the UEFA EURO U21 tournament. The task of the police officers was to watch over the safety of the fans and the inhabitants of the city. During this period the police did not notice any disturbing incident with the supporters' groups among whom there were many foreigners. In spite of this, yesterday, some media appeared to show information about aversion and even racism against a group of foreigners from Germany. This group during the ongoing EURO U21 stayed in Lublin on an educational trip. One of the events described by the journalists was to take place on 21 June in the city center (...)
(...)
Next day Plenipotentiary of the Voivodship Police Commander in Lublin for the Protection of Human Rights subinsp. Dr. Edyta Naja received a call from one of the employees at the State Museum in Majdanek. In a telephone interview she heard that on June 21st, an incident occurred in the city center during which a man spat next to one of the participants. The museum staff did not witness this incident and information about it was obtained from the caretaker of a group of German youth who spoke fluent Polish. As a result of the conversation, the caregiver was not witnessed and the information was later obtained from the charges. At that time the group was supposed to have free time and spend it individually in the city. Deputy Inspector. Edyta Naja just after the interview ended, the information was sent to the Head of the Prevention Unit of the Police Headquarters in Lublin. As a result, all patrols that served in the following days in this area were immediately notified. Police officers have been given instructions on where the group is staying and spending their free time. Additional patrols were added to this area. Everything is so that people on the educational tour can feel safe in our city.
After the information that appeared yesterday in some media, explanatory actions were initiated. Police officers secured and looked at the footage of the city surveillance camera where the incident occurred. The record does not result in any incident involving foreigners or moving groups of supporters.
No participants in this trip nor their guardian did not come to any of the Lublin police stations. There was no formal notice in this or that matter, although the group stayed in our city for several days and the group's guardian was fluent in Polish. Tourists did not report any complaints to Lublin police officers.
Chamberlain of. Andrzej Fijołek
Social Communication Team
KWP in Lublin"