{"id":14845,"date":"2026-07-21T10:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/police-investigate-attack-on-ukrainian-teenagers-in-legnica\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:49:33","slug":"police-investigate-attack-on-ukrainian-teenagers-in-legnica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/police-investigate-attack-on-ukrainian-teenagers-in-legnica\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Investigate Attack on Ukrainian Teenagers in Legnica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legnica police are investigating a physical assault on two 13-year-old Ukrainian girls, with the Ministry of the Interior and Administration confirming the attack was likely motivated by the victims&#8217; national origin.<\/p>\n<h4>Investigation into the Legnica Assault<\/h4>\n<p>The incident occurred last Saturday around 9:00 PM near a public pool on Polarna Street. According to reports, an unidentified woman struck the two 13-year-old Ukrainian citizens. The Ministry of the Interior and Administration is currently treating the case as a violation of physical integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The victim&#8217;s mother reported that her daughters were playing at the pool when a woman approached them, criticizing their use of the Ukrainian language. The woman allegedly harassed the children repeatedly before striking one of the girls, another child, and a boy who attempted to intervene, explicitly stating the violence was due to their nationality.<\/p>\n<h4>Rising Hate Crimes Against Ukrainians<\/h4>\n<p>This incident follows a mid-July attack in Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, where a 54-year-old man verbally and physically assaulted three Ukrainian nationals on a city bus. The assailant has been charged with insults and physical assault, facing up to three years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Official government data indicates a significant surge in hate crimes, with cases rising from 760 in 2024 to 1,200 in 2025. Academic reports and analytical centers have increasingly highlighted the growth of anti-Ukrainian sentiment within Polish society and online spaces.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legnica police are investigating a physical assault on two 13-year-old Ukrainian girls, with the Ministry of the Interior and Administration confirming the attack was likely motivated by the victims&#8217; national origin. Investigation into the Legnica Assault The incident occurred last Saturday around 9:00 PM near a public pool on Polarna Street. According to reports, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}