{"id":145015,"date":"2025-07-02T18:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-student-attacks-opposition-politician-latuska-in-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145015\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian student attacks opposition politician \u0141atu\u0161ka in Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kazarczev_socseti-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Ja\u016dhien Kazanca\u016d\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Ja\u016dhien Kazanca\u016d&#039;s social media)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Police in Warsaw have arrested a Belarusian national over an attack on opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka during a conference at the University of Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe attacker threw a bin at me and shouted, so that the entire audience could hear, that I was a \u2018traitor who wanted to burn the opposition,\u2019 thus repeating [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s false claim from yesterday. . . In recent days, I have received warnings of planned provocations against me and life threats, including this morning,\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that the incident will not have any effect on his political activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reform.news identified the attacker as Ja\u016dhien Kazanca\u016d, a historian by training. He is in Poland under the program for young scientists Szko\u0142a Europejska w Warszawie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man said that he attacked the politician because his visa had expired. According to Kazanca\u016d, he \u201cburned out and failed to defend a thesis.\u201d He said he hoped that the attack would allow him to return to Belarus safely without being arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 1, at a grand rally ahead of Independence Day, \u0141uka\u0161enka claimed that \u0141atu\u0161ka wanted to assemble opposition leaders in one house and set it on fire in 2020 to become \u201cthe only leader of this stinky opposition.\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka denied that claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian ruler made similar allegations during postelection protests in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2, Pozirk. Police in Warsaw have arrested a Belarusian national over an attack on opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka during a conference at the University of Warsaw. \u201cThe attacker threw a bin at me and shouted, so that the entire audience could hear, that I was a \u2018traitor who wanted to burn the opposition,\u2019 thus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":144997,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-145015","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian student attacks opposition politician \u0141atu\u0161ka in Warsaw | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 2, Pozirk. 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