Turkish student attacked in Poland as xenophobic crimes grow

WARSAW/ The Associated Press

Polish police are searching for the perpetrators of a weekend attack against a Turkish student, the latest incident in a rising number of xenophobic attacks in the country.



A university spokesman, Marcin Czyzniewski, told the TVN24 broadcaster on Oct. 11 that he feared the university could start losing students if people don’t feel safe there, and that would hurt the entire community.



Another Turkish student was attacked in recent months in Torun. Last month a Warsaw university lecturer was beaten on a tram for speaking German.

A Turkish citizen, a student at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, faced verbal insults and was attacked in the face over the weekend in a shop in the central Polish town, though the incident was not widely reported until several days later.