Polsat News
Polsat News is a Polish round-the-clock news television channel owned by Polsat, one of Poland's largest private media groups. It focuses on news coverage, live broadcasts, and current affairs programming and ranks among the country's leading news outlets.
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Ukrainian student in Poland arrested over alleged plan to kill under "Bloody Friday" challenge
A 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen, identified as Yaroslav F., has been arrested in Poland on suspicion of preparing a racially motivated killing inspired by an online challenge called "Bloody Friday." The District Court of Lublin-West remanded him in custody for three months; he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The case emerged after staff and students at the Catholic University of Lublin reported his extremist statements, and comes amid a wave of knife attacks at Polish schools.
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Ukrainian citizen attacks Benedictine monastery in Poland, killing at least one priest
A 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen carried out a knife attack on the morning of 24 September at a Benedictine sisters' monastery in Jarosław, in southeastern Poland, killing at least one priest and injuring five other people. The attacker was detained at the scene. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both responded, with Zelensky calling it a "horrible crime" and Tusk pledging full enforcement of Polish law.