Gdansk / Poland: mayor dead after the attack of a knife – Bremen also cries

18:32: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told his widow Adamowicz his "heartfelt condolences" on behalf of German citizens. "I am particularly shocked that your husband was attacked during the closing meeting of a fundraising campaign to raise funds for hospitals," says Steinmeier. He praised Adamowicz as an active part of the "peaceful protest movement" in Gdansk, which led to the end of the communist regime in Poland and paved the way for the fall of the Berlin Wall. Even in Germany he was a valuable conversation partner, said Steinmeier.

17:37: President Andrzej Duda condemned the act on Twitter: "Hostility and violence have brought us the most tragic consequences and pain, you can not bear it." For the day of the funeral, he announced national mourning. An appointment has not been scheduled until Monday afternoon.

17:34: The EU Parliament has thought of Mayor Danzigs, Pawel Adamowicz, who died after a knife attack. "Anyone who knew him knew his closeness to people and his ability to listen," said European Parliament president Antonio Tajani on Monday at the start of the plenary session in Strasbourg. The deputies then maintained a minute's silence – even for the victims of the terrorist attack in Strasbourg about a month ago.

16:22: The citizenship of Bremen mourns the death of the mayor of Danzig, Pawel Adamowicz. "I am deeply shocked," said Citizenship President Christian Weber. "For more than 20 years, I have personally had a German-Polish friendship with Pawel Adamowicz, although the European idea is greater than a single person, however: this loss weighs infinitely difficult for Pavel Adamowicz, like no other another, he believed in a liberal and cosmopolitan Europe and defended it from any resistance in his land, he spared no comparison with the nationalist forces in Poland, in which the citizens of Gdańsk supported him, not least by his re-election Last year Adamowicz's death also marks a turning point for our twinning and in his long time as mayor he has definitely shaped the link between Bremen and Gdansk, so it is an obligation and a concern for us to continue this collaboration in his spirit Our thoughts are with his family, his friends and his companions during these hours ".

In the foyer of the citizenship a book of condolences for Pawel Adamowicz is organized starting from 17 o'clock – also also tomorrow on Tuesday at midday (15.1.) It is reported mid-auction.

The mayor of Gdansk died after a knife attack

14:50 clock: After Pawel Adamowicz was stabbed by an assailant on an open stage, the 75-year-old mayor of the Polish city of Gdańsk died Monday afternoon due to the knife attack, reports the dpa, "Despite all our efforts, we have not been able to save it," said doctor Tomasz Stefaniak on Monday, according to the news agency PAP,

The alleged perpetrators of 27 years have acted on the basis of preliminary results for reasons of low profile, said Deputy Prosecutor General Krzysztof Sierak on Monday. The investigation against the man continued, initially it was an accusation. According to media reports, revenge was the motive for the act.

Video: This is how the guilty triumphed

The Danziger, previously convicted, had attacked the non-party Adamowicz during a charity event, Sunday evening, on an open stage with a knife. According to the accusers, the blade was almost 15 inches long. In the attacker, the investigators did not rule out a mental illness and announced a psychological examination.

The man had called after the fact that he had been innocently detained, as shown in videos released by the Polish media. He accused the former Civic Platform PO party of Adamowicz, it was said. According to the Polish authorities, the man was detained for five and a half years for several armed bank robberies.

Video: People have donated blood for the mayor of Gdansk

Hundreds of people in Poland visited hospitals on Monday to donate blood to Pawel Adamowicz. Health officials had called the radio.

Messerattacke in Gdansk – The doctors worried about the life of the mayor: "The uncertain prognosis"

Update from January 14, 2019 to 13-13: The mayor of Gdańsk Pawel Adamowicz, who was seriously injured in an attack with a knife, is still in mortal danger. "Stay connected to the equipment, his conditions are very serious and the prognosis for his life and his health uncertain," said the head of the regional health service of the Polish press agency PAP. The 53-year-old politician then lost a lot of blood, and his whole body suffered from acute hypoxia.

Adamowicz was stabbed by an assailant during a charity event in front of hundreds of people on Sunday night. According to surgeon Tomasz Stefaniak was subjected to a five-hour emergency operation. Since the evening he has been transfused with the contents of 41 pockets of blood.

The mayor is still relatively young and in good health, so there is hope, said head of health services, Jerzy Karpinski. "The next 15-20 hours will be crucial, so we should know more".

Update from January 14, 2019 to 18:56: The mayor of Gdańsk Pawel Adamowicz, who was seriously injured in a knife attack, is still in mortal danger after an emergency operation. "The patient is alive," said surgeon Tomasz Stefaniak after five hours of operation in the university hospital of the Polish port city at night. His condition was "very, very serious": "The next few hours will be decisive". Thus, the mayor was wounded in the heart and in other organs.

Mayor of Gdansk injured in a knife attack – serious condition

Gdańsk – The mayor of Gdańsk, Pawel Adamowicz, was wounded by a knife attacker on Sunday evening during a national fund-raising campaign. His state was serious, said Polish Interior Minister Joachim Brudzinski to TVN24 and denounced the attack as an "act of barbarism". Adamowicz had been revived after the attack.

Gdansk: knife attack on Mayor Pawel Adamowicz

According to the Danziger police, the mayor arrived at the hospital. It was operated there, the Polish media reported. He was very well taken care of from a medical point of view, said one of the doctors at the TVN24 university hospital. The details of his health did not exist at the beginning. For Monday, the hospital announced a press conference.

The attacker was overwhelmed after attacking Pawel Adamowicz

An attacker took the stage to the finals of a national fundraiser and attacked Adamowicz with a knife, according to media reports. Reason could have been revenge for a term of imprisonment, wrote Polish media.

It is said that the man called during the attack who was innocently detained, it was said, citing eyewitnesses. The attacker was overwhelmed by security forces on the scene and then arrested by the police. According to officials, the 27-year-old man had a criminal record.

dpa

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