Poland’s leader says the border with Belarus will be further fortified after a soldier is stabbed

By CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI
Associated Press

DUBICZE CERKIEWNE, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk says its forces would fortify the border with Belarus after a soldier was seriously wounded with a knife by a migrant. Tusk said Wednesday that a buffer zone some 660 feet wide would be set up along the border in addition to a 118-mile-long metal barrier already in place to prevent an influx of migrants crossing from Belarus. Poland says the pressure of illegal migration is organized by Belarus and Russia. Officials say a migrant reached across the bars of the metal barrier separating Poland and Belarus and stabbed a soldier in the ribs. The soldier is in serious condition.