Dozens of police officers injured after Warsaw's Independence March

Thirty-five police officers were injured when rioting broke out during an annual Independence Day march in Warsaw organised by nationalist activists. The march, which has often been marred by violence by far-right groups in the past, went ahead on Wednesday despite an official ban on gatherings due to the coronavirus epidemic. Rioters pelted police with fireworks and stones, and also attacked shops and homes. The police responded with pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun grenades. Sylwester Marczak, spokesman for the Warsaw police, said that 35 officers were injured, and that some were still in hospital. "We had over 40 incidents of a criminal nature, and that 36 people have been arrested," he continued.