Poland investigates lawmaker for dousing menorah

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 15, 2023 12:02 am

Warsaw, Poland: Polish prosecutors announced a probe Wednesday into a far-right lawmaker who doused a Hanukkah menorah in the parliament, a day after the incident drew harsh condemnation.

On Tuesday evening, Grzegorz Braun, a lawmaker with the ultra-nationalist Confederation party, used a fire extinguisher to put out the candelabrum lit in the parliamentary main hall.

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