Poland pays tribute to slain mayor
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
15.01.2019 15:30
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Poland pays tribute to slain mayor
Rallies have been held in a string of cities across Poland in protest against violence and in tribute to a well-known mayor killed in a knife attack.
Candles are lit outside Gdańsk City Hall on Tuesday in honour of the murdered mayor. Photo: PAP/Adam Warżawa
Paweł Adamowicz, 53, the mayor of Gdańsk, was stabbed on Sunday evening during a high-profile annual charity drive in the northern Polish city. He died the next day in hospital after a five-hour operation failed to save him.
“Each resident of Gdańsk remembers you from your very young days,” European Council head Donald Tusk said on Monday, in a eulogy addressing the slain mayor.
“You were always there whenever there was the need to be good and courageous and to take a stand against evil.”
Michał Owczarek reports.