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Wujek coal mine

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Wujek coal mine

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Police and security forces kill striking miners at Wujek mine

📅 16 December 1981

During a strike against martial law, Polish security forces shot miners at the Wujek coal mine, killing nine. The killings expose the coercion used by the Polish state to suppress worker resistance.