Polish officials believe surge in arrivals through Belarus is the latest tactic in Russia’s hybrid war with the West
The attack came shortly before dawn.
Dozens of illegal migrants on the Belarusian side of the border with Poland hurled a volley of makeshift spears at Polish border guards through the five-metre-high steel fence.
Some fell short of their targets and as the security forces picked them up they saw what appeared to be a tree branch with a steel blade taped to the top.
