Police clash with protesters outside Constitutional Tribunal as judge takes oath
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The struggle for control of the Constitutional Tribunal reached the pavement outside the court today as police and protesters clashed, with opposition Law and Justice politicians in attendance. Inside the Sejm, Maciej Berek was sworn in as a judge, though he remains in a procedural limbo; he was elected over a month ago but the President has yet to issue the formal invitation required for him to start work.
Questions are mounting after a knife attack at a Warsaw school; reports suggest the suspect, Kamila D., was meant to be in treatment at the time. In Częstochowa, police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old lawyer amid reports of a shot possibly being fired, while in Kielce, prosecutors have confirmed the cause of death of a family of four found in an apartment. Neighbors expressed disbelief and mentioned a possible axe.
A minister claimed Prime Minister Donald Tusk threatened her with dismissal. Elsewhere, a cyberattack traced to the country has halted operations for a supermarket chain, and the government is weighing stricter penalties for migrants, including a widely cited case involving three years in prison for a thermos of tea.