A Polish soldier has died after being stabbed by an illegal migrant along the Belarusian border. Reportedly, the migrant had affixed a knife to a lengthy stick and punctured the soldier's torso from a distance.

CCTV security footage shows the incident just after it happened with a Polish border guard attempting to apply first aid to the injured soldier. Meanwhile, the migrants continue to throw sticks at the Polish service members. The Polish soldier reportedly died in the hospital.

As part of their hybrid warfare tactics, Russia sends waves of migrants to the Polish border through Belarus to tie up Polish manpower and waste their resources. Polish border troops do not have the clearance from their government to fire back at the migrants or use crowd dispersal techniques.

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