About 5,000 Warsaw policemen will be involved in protecting a rally of the Hells Angels, a motorbike club with a notorious reputation around the world. Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak has assured that that the rally will be monitored by police.
03.06.2016 11:14
update: 27.09.2018 03:45
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A member of the motorcycle club Hells Angels attends a protest action in Frankfurt Main, Germany, 14 July 2012. About 300 members of motorcycle clubs initiated a motorcade through the city of Frankfurt to protest against the prohibition of motorcycle clubs. The protest comes after earlier in July armed German police raided homes and clubhouses of several biker gangs who are accused of mafia-style operations, earning money from prostitutes, protection rackets and sales of guns and drugs. EPA/FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
According to media, the Hells Angels' world rally will take place in Rynia, just north of Warsaw, between Friday and Sunday. The club has several thousand members around the world, with part of them suspected of criminal connections.
"We have been monitoring the case. We have not been aware of it since yesterday, but for many months. Police are making sure that citizens of our country are safe," Minister Blaszczak said.
According to deputy Police Commander-in-Chief Andrzej Szymczyk, a dozen or so officers from other countries who deal with the issues of motorcycle gangs have already arrived in Poland to assist local police. (PAP) jd/
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