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Police detain suspects over rainbow flags on Warsaw monuments

04.08.2020 23:28
Police say they have detained suspects after rainbow flags - symbols of the LGBT movement - were hung up on a swathe of monuments in Warsaw.
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Officers “have detained the first suspects,” Warsaw police said on Twitter, without specifying how many people had been detained.

“It is only a matter of time before the others are detained,” police tweeted, adding that the case involved “insulting [people’s] religious feelings” and undermining the dignity of public monuments.

The appearance of the rainbow flags on monuments in the capital last week caused anger among right-ring commentators, who accused LGBT activists of a lack of respect for Polish history and symbols.

(pk)

Source: IAR