A few hundred locals had gathered in front of the Prince Kebab diner to light up candles in a vigil for a 21-year-old Daniel, a local resident, who had allegedly been stabbed to death by foreigners working at the café on Saturday night.
Although police have not officially revealed the nationality of the suspects, Polish media reported they were two Algerians, a Tunisian and a Moroccan. All the suspects are said to be have been working at the diner owned by a local entrepreneur.
Authorities in the city of 60 000 inhabitants in northeast Poland, have meanwhile requested extra police officers to be dispatched after the killing, fearing widespread disturbances, RT reported.
Hundreds of angry Poles had decended into the streets to take part in a rally protesting the killing of their fellow resident. When police tried to calm the protesters, they turned on officers as well as the eatery with firecrackers, bottles and stones.
“In the crowd, numbering between 200 and 300 people, dozens were behaving aggressively,” police spokesman Rafal Jackowski told TVP.info. The crowd then gathered in front of another eatery said to be run by the same people, Elk Councilor Michael Tyszkiewicz told PAP.
Twenty-five participants of the rally were detained by police, and may face charges for inflicting damage to property and disrupting public order, Jackowski said.
It is feared an incident in Elk could set off a wave of similar resentment against foreigners. Before midnight on Saturday, anti-Islamist graffiti appeared on a Superkebab shop in the city of Lublin, owned by Indian citizens, according to RT.
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