Nearly 100,000 take part in Black Monday protests

According to the national chief of police Jarosław Szymczyk, a total of 98,000 people took part in yesterday's protests against the further tightening of Poland's anti-abortion law. The largest number of protesters – 20,000 – gathered in Wrocław, while in Warsaw 17,000 took to the streets and in Poznań 8,000.

Szymczyk stated that there were a total of 143 gatherings connected with the “black protest." By and large the demonstrations proceeded peacefully. There were seven minor incidents, of which only one, in Poznań, was organized in nature. This involved an attack against police officers with stones, bottles, and flares, resulting in five injuries among the police and the detention of three individuals.