Masked with a knife, a gas gun and a fake police-style badge seized at a demonstration of Poland's constitutional court on Saturday morning, as crowds continued to protest outside the courthouse on Monday, one of the organizers spotted a man in the crowd with his face hidden behind a stick. When she asked him to show his face, he punched her and ran away. Protesters chased him, grabbed him and dragged him from the crowd. Footage shows elderly protesters holding him by the arms before he broke free and fled to a police car, where officers took him away. The police called it a "dangerous event at the gathering site." "No charges have been announced, and authorities have not said who he was or why he was there. The demonstrators are convinced that he was a provocateur, sent to start a struggle and give the government an excuse to crack down on the demonstration. Online accounts, including opposition figures, claim to have identified him as a private security contractor posing as a former special forces and counterintelligence operative with pro-Ukraine social media posts.

Masked with a knife, a gas gun and a fake police-style badge seized at a demonstration of Poland's constitutional court on Saturday morning, as crowds continued to protest outside the courthouse on Monday, one of the organizers spotted a man in the crowd with his face hidden behind a stick. When she asked him to show his face, he punched her and ran away. Protesters chased him, grabbed him and dragged him from the crowd. Footage shows elderly protesters holding him by the arms before he broke free and fled to a police car, where officers took him away. The police called it a "dangerous event at the gathering site." "No charges have been announced, and authorities have not said who he was or why he was there. The demonstrators are convinced that he was a provocateur, sent to start a struggle and give the government an excuse to crack down on the demonstration. Online accounts, including opposition figures, claim to have identified him as a private security contractor posing as a former special forces and counterintelligence operative with pro-Ukraine social media posts.