Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
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Location | Targ Węglowy, Gdańsk |
Date | 13 January 2019 |
Target | Paweł Adamowicz |
Attack type | assassination by stabbing |
Perpetrator | Stefan W. |
Paweł Adamowicz, a former mayor of Gdańsk, Poland, was murdered on 13 January 2019, during the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity charity event. The incident took place in the Targ Węglowy in the city of Gdańsk, Poland.[1][2][3]
Assassination[]
During the 27th Final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz was standing on the stage among others. Stefan W. got onto the stage and stabbed him three times. Then the attacker said:
"Halo! Halo! Nazywam się Stefan W. Siedziałem niewinny w więzieniu. Siedziałem niewinny w więzieniu. Platforma Obywatelska mnie torturowała. Dlatego właśnie zginął Adamowicz."[4]
English translation:
"Halo! Halo! My name is Stefan W. I had been in prison innocently. I had been in prison innocently. Civic Platform was torturing me. That's why Adamowicz was killed."[5]
After his speech, technical workers overpowered the attacker.[6] Paweł Adamowicz died in the hospital the next day.[7]
The attacker[]
The attacker was a recidivist. At the time of the incident he was 27 years old.[8] As a teenager he already had problems with the law, and he had robbed banks a few times. Before the assassination of Adamowicz, he had been in prison.[9]
Mourning[]
The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, established a national mourning on the day of Adamowicz's funeral, from 18 to 19 January 2019.[10]
The vice-mayor of Gdańsk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, and the mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, made a decision to set mournings in Gdańsk and Warsaw.[11]
The day following the assassination, the leader of Civic Platform Grzegorz Schetyna asked the Marshall of Sejm to mark a minute of silence during the parliament session.[12]
In many Polish cities events were held where citizens could sign collective books of condolences for Adamowicz's family.[13][14]
References[]
- ^ "Polish mayor stabbed at charity event". BBC News. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Ives, Mike (13 January 2019). "Mayor in Poland Is Stabbed Onstage at Charity Event". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Gdańsk zaprasza na 27. Finał". www.gdanskdlaorkiestry.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Sprawca ataku na prezydenta Adamowicza to przestępca z Gdańska". www.tvp.info (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Author's translation
- ^ Mieśnik, Magda (14 January 2019). "Paweł Adamowicz dźgnięty nożem. To on obezwładnił Stefana W. "Nie jestem bohaterem"". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Paweł Adamowicz nie żyje. Prezydent Gdańska miał 53 lata". tokfm (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Ruszkiewicz, Sylwester (14 January 2019). "Zabójca Pawła Adamowicza miał schizofrenię paranoidalną, niedawno odstawił leki". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ ""Wiedział, że nóż po wbiciu trzeba przekręcić, żeby uszkodzić narządy. Wiedział jak zabijać" – Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Wydarzenia / Dzień pogrzebu Pawła Adamowicza – dniem żałoby narodowej". www.prezydent.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Wygaszone iluminacje, opuszczone flagi, msze święte. Żałoba po prezydencie Gdańska do dnia pogrzebu". Gdańsk – oficjalny portal miasta (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Minuta ciszy ku czci Pawła Adamowicza w Sejmie. Jarosław Kaczyński nieobecny". wiadomosci.onet.pl. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Śmierć Pawła Adamowicza. Od dziś można wpisywać się do księgi kondolencyjnej – Sosnowiec informacje". sosnowiecki.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Ksiega Kondolencyjna Pawel Adamowicz – NaszeMiasto.pl". sopot.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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