The local newspaper “Plymouth Herald” quoted 22-year-old Ewa Banaszak , the daughter of the owner of the building set on fire, which described the course of the incident. When her father fought the fire, the younger sister she found a threatening letter. My younger sister, fourteen-year wait for the fire department and the front door was an envelope. When she opened it, inside she was a letter “- told Banaszak.” We knew that this is related to the arson – she said.
Polka stressed that this is not the first attack on the Polish community in Plymouth after the referendum of 23 June on the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. As recounted, two days before her 11-year-old twin brothers were insulted and pelted stones at a nearby park. I also know that there’s a sign on the Polish shop, and similar incidents happened in other parts of the country, not only against the Poles – told .
a representative of the local police inspector Darren Green pointed sent to PAP statement that law enforcement officers believe that the arson was made deliberately, it was racially motivated and constituted a direct threat to life. We are disgusted by this crime. Incidents of hate such as this, are treated by my officers a priority. There is no place for this type of crime in Plymouth and we will do everything possible to find responsible for arson and a letter sent to victims – he stressed.
Police appealed for witnesses to present themselves to the nearest police station. Polish Embassy in London confirmed that it has received notice of the incident and fully cooperating with the security forces. On Friday, one of the consuls will travel to Plymouth to further investigate the case and interviews with victims of arson. This is the most serious of a series of incidents motivated by hatred on grounds of nationality against Poles and other immigrant groups in the United Kingdom after the June referendum.
Local police units reported even more than fivefold increase in crimes of a similar nature, but which mostly consisted of threats and abusive comments at ethnic minorities living in the UK. According to a survey of the Institute of Market and Social Research, up 12 percent. Poles living in the UK met with some form of hostile behavior following a referendum.
About two weeks ago, the weekend after the announcement of the results, there was to paint offensive graffiti on the facade of the Polish Social and Cultural Association in West London, a Polish family living in Cambridgeshire received leaflets calling “Polish vermin” to leave the country. Police investigating two cases; still he has not found the perpetrators.
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