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Gdansk [Danzig] mayor Pawel Adamowicz dies after being stabbed in heart on stage
CNN ^
| Helen Regan and Stephanie Wells,
Posted on 01/14/2019 10:55:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, a well-known critic of his country's rightwing government, died on Monday, one day after he was stabbed by a man who rushed on stage during an open-air charity event.
Thousands of people witnessed Sunday's attack on Pawel Adamowicz, 53, who was rushed to hospital where he underwent a five-hour long operation before succumbing to his injuries. He was stabbed in the heart and stomach.
The 27-year-old suspect, who was arrested, is a Gdansk resident with convictions for bank robbery and had spent time in prison. Gdansk city press officer Dariusz Wołodźko said the suspect came onstage shouting, and blamed the mayor and his party for his conviction and imprisonment.
Born and raised in Gdansk, Adamowicz had long been a fixture of public life in the city. He entered local politics in 1990 as a local councilor before serving as Gdansk's mayor, a position he held for more than 20 years.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: communist; danzig; gdansk; mayor; mayorpstabbed; stabbed
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posted on
01/14/2019 10:55:55 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
"The 27-year-old suspect..."with a flare for the dramatic gesture.
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posted on
01/14/2019 10:58:43 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: BenLurkin
... the suspect came onstage shouting, and blamed the mayor and his party for his conviction and imprisonment. Well, at least it wasn't personal....................
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posted on
01/14/2019 10:59:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: billorites
Does Poland now have an ‘asylum seeker’ problem too?
I didn’t think they were allowing it. Not yet anyway.
Must be someone from the opposition party who has no coherent argument. Or somebody who should be in a locked mental hospital, before he kills again.
To: BenLurkin
If one is a Pol (pol), one can’t have too much security these days.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:03:23 AM PST
by
Rennes Templar
(Trump: America First. Obama: Quran First. Clintons: Money First)
To: BenLurkin
“well-known critic of his country’s rightwing government,”
So we are to conclude what from this statement? The stabbing was a personal vendetta.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:05:18 AM PST
by
Lent
To: BenLurkin
Theyre trying to politicize this as nazi hate perpetuated by a right winger ala gabby Giffords - but this looks like a loon acting indepedently for personal reasons.
Expect to see safe and sensible knife control legislation shortly.
Of course had this happened to a right wing politician this would have been a justified action.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:06:38 AM PST
by
Skywise
To: BenLurkin
a well-known critic of his country's rightwing government
From the details in the article, it appears that the killer was a deranged criminal with a personal beef against the Mayor and his party, not a "rightwinger" making a political statement. And yet, the opening of the article appears to imply the latter.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:07:00 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: BenLurkin
And the good that a man does is buried with him......
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:08:09 AM PST
by
litehaus
(A memory toooo long.............)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:10:14 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: litehaus
This particular guy I don’t think did much good.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:11:52 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
You can’t let a trivial thing like truth get in the way of a good narrative. I mean, after all, Jesus once asked “what is truth”?
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:13:53 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
To: AppyPappy
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>> what is truth?
That depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:16:09 AM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: BenLurkin
"Dariusz Wołodźko said the suspect came onstage shouting" Big Media often appends the word "slogans" to that sentence, and/or attempts to keep the name from publication for as long as possible. 1 for 2 so far.
To: BenLurkin
We’re there any Germans there?
Sorry.
5.56mm
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:18:32 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
To: lee martell
Not every crime in Europe can be attributed to Muslims. And Poland is pretty much closed to migrants.
To: BenLurkin
“The mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, a well-known critic of his country’s rightwing government...”
Sounds like a Polish version of our filthy big city democrat mayors.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:30:49 AM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
Its a tradition ...sometimes its judged by history different than when its contemporary
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:42:04 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(I don’t care that you’re not a racist......when the shooting starts it won’t matter what yo)
To: BenLurkin
To: treetopsandroofs
The killer is named as ‘Stefan’ for the moment.
Probably not a muzzie.
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posted on
01/14/2019 11:52:41 AM PST
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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