A Polish nationalist who burned the effigy of a Jew in the city of Wroclaw last November is facing prison after prosecutors indicted him for incitement to hatred.
According to the Polish newspaper 'Gazeta Wyborcza', Piotr Rybak, an entrepreneur from Wroclaw, faces up to two years in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors are reportedly considering indicting additional people in connection with the events in November, when Rybak was photographed setting fire to an effigy of an Orthodox Jew with side locks.
The incident happened at a rally of some 200 people against Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Rybak allegedly said at the event: “Our duty and the duty of the newly-elected government” is to say that “we will not bring a single Muslim into Poland, Poland is for Poles.”
He then set fire to the effigy, which featured an EU flag. He has denied any wrongdoing and refused to answer prosecutors’ questions.
