Tens of thousands attend Polish nationalist march days after shootings
Tens of thousands of Polish nationalist sympathisers gathered in Warsaw Wednesday for an annual Independence Day March, just days after a deadly shooting spree in Krakow that shook the country.
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- While generally peaceful, some rallies in the pasthave been marred by clashes with police or counter-demonstrators.
The event is a magnet for all shades of Poland's right wing -- from conservative-nationalists aligned with its Law and Justice (PiS) party to far-right and radical groups.
The event is held each November 11 to commemorate the ending in 1918 of 123 years of partition by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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