Robert Bąkiewicz and his supporters – including senior figures from Poland’s opposition PiS party – have accused the police of brutality.
History
Eleventh-century sword found in Polish river
Experts have dated the item to around the time when the Piasts, Poland’s first ruling dynasty, were present in the same region.
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