Demonstrators in Jaroslaw called for tighter border controls following a deadly stabbing at a local abbey
Hundreds of protesters have gathered in the Polish city of Jaroslaw, demanding tighter immigration controls and denouncing Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera following the fatal stabbing of a local priest by a Ukrainian national.
Last month, a 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen stabbed five people at the city’s Benedictine abbey, killing Father Stanislaw Zbojnowicz and wounding four others. Investigators said the suspect had entered Poland from Germany and was apparently heading toward Ukraine. He admitted to the charges on October 7 but declined to explain his actions, prosecutors said.
The demonstration took place in the city’s market square on Saturday, with participants waving Polish flags, setting off flares and chanting slogans including “Poland for Poles” and “Bandera, get out!”
“We want a safe Poland, and this is not racism. This is our concern for our loved ones, our families, and ourselves,” Marcin Kowalski, a local activist with the nationalist Ruch Narodowy (National Movement), told the crowd, insisting that demands for an immigration crackdown were “about safety.”
Manifestacja antyimigracyjna w Jarosławiu https://t.co/zPXaln8vBc
— Ruch Narodowy Powiat jarosławski (@awski35196) October 11, 2026
A banner featuring a crossed-out Ukrainian trident declared: “No more hospitality, you ungrateful bastards!” Some demonstrators wore clothing condemning the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).
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