http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_POLAND_INDEPENDENCE_DAY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-11-11-56-53 WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Hundreds of young people from Poland and elsewhere in Europe hurled cobblestones and bottles at police during Independence Day marches in Warsaw on Friday, seriously injuring three officers. Police responded with tear gas and water cannons.
Dressed in black, with scarves hiding their faces, young people threw bottles, firecrackers and stones at riot police in downtown Warsaw, where groups of rightist and leftist activists were holding separate Independence Day marches.
The clashes came amid a large presence of riot police, with the day seen as a major test of the country's security capabilities before the Euro 2012 football championship, which Poland will co-host with Ukraine next summer.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed to make sure those arrested for attacking police are severely punished, his spokesman Pawel Gras said.
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