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After the death of the mayor of Gdańsk, Pawel Adamowicz, there were spontaneous demonstrations against hatred and violence at the national level. In Warsaw alone, thousands of people gathered on Monday night under the motto "Stop Hatred", as reported by the PAP agency. Similar demonstrations took place in other cities.
The former Polish Prime Minister and President of the Council of the EU, Donald Tusk, declared in Gdansk: "I promise you today, dear Pavel, that we will free our Gdansk, our Poland and our Europe from I hate for you ".
Adamowicz, mayor of the northern Polish city since 1998, was assaulted by a knife on Sunday evening during a charity event and died on Monday for internal injuries. The authorities take the murder. A court ordered U-Haft the 27-year-old attacker (read more in the background).
The former leader of Solidarnosc and President Lech Walesa, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and numerous government and opposition politicians have expressed concern over the death of Adamowicz. President Andrzej Duda praised Adamowicz as a "great politician".
However, from a funeral march organized by the state, Duda has examined the request of relatives. The family wanted a far-reaching policy, he said, and announced the day of the 53-year-old national funeral ceremony. Initially, no appointment had been scheduled.
Seibert: "horrible and sneaky" act
According to unofficial media reports, the attacker is mentally ill and has suffered from schizophrenia, as reported by the PAP, citing the doctors at the Gdansk Prison. The man had already been convicted and was in prison for bank robbery. For the prison sentence he made Adamowicz ex-party Civic Platform PO responsible and he wanted revenge. Adamowicz has been non-party since 2015.
In video: the mayor of Gdansk is dead
The federal government was shocked by the deadly attack on Adamowicz. "We are deeply saddened and upset by the death of Pawel Adamowicz," Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) said. "This cowardly murder leaves us stunned." German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) spokeswoman Steffen Seibert condemned the attack as a "hideous and sneaky" act.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences to the politician's widow. Adamowicz had become the victim of a "senseless act of violence," he said in a letter of condolence. He was particularly shocked that Adamowicz had been attacked during a fund-raising meeting.
Even the Polish representative of the federal government, the Prime Minister of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke (SPD), was shocked by the "insidious" attack. Adamowicz had Danzig "marked by his liberal course". The president of the SPD, Andrea Nahles, praised the mayor as a convinced European, "who represented cosmopolitanism and tolerance".
The European Parliament in Strasbourg commemorated Adamowicz on Monday with a minute's silence.
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