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Bougies déposées à la mémoire du maire de Gdansk assassiné, Pawel Adamowicz. Cracovie, 19 janvier 2019.© REUTERS

A Gdansk, on a fait appel à des psychologues pour aider la population, profondément choquée par l’assassinat le 13 janvier du maire de la ville, Pawel Adamowicz – un meurtre retransmis en direct à la télévision, en prime time, devant des millions de téléspectateurs. L’homme de 27 ans accusé de ce crime était sorti de prison quelques mois plus tôt. Il avait préparé son attentat médiatique jusque dans le moindre détail: après avoir enfoncé un couteau dans le cœur du maire, il a crié dans un micro qu’il avait tué M. Adamowicz pour se venger de Plateforme civique, le parti centriste d’opposition qui l’avait, prétendait-il, injustement envoyé en prison.…  Seguir leyendo »

A memorial to Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of Gdansk, Poland, who was stabbed to death at a charity event earlier this month. Credit Agencja Gazeta/Reuters

In Gdansk, psychologists have been called in to help the public. Such is the great shock following the murder on Jan. 13 — on live prime-time television with millions watching — of the city’s mayor, Pawel Adamowicz.

The 27-year-old man accused of killing the mayor was released from prison a few months ago. He had planned every detail of the telegenic attack: After stabbing the mayor in the heart, he shouted into a microphone that he had killed Mr. Adamowicz to get revenge against Civic Platform, the centrist opposition political party that he alleged unjustly put him in jail.

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Gdansk to say goodbye to their mayor; spontaneous gatherings took place in other Polish cities.…  Seguir leyendo »

Thousands of people gathered in Warsaw under the slogan ‘Stop Hatred’ on 14 January to protest against violence and honour Paweł Adamowicz, the late mayor of Gdańsk. Photograph: Janek Skarżyński/AFP/Getty Images

The death of Paweł Adamowicz, the popular liberal mayor of Gdańsk, has sent shockwaves across Poland and elsewhere in Europe.

Silent marches have been held in Warsaw, Gdańsk and other cities to pay tribute to him – and tens of thousands of Poles participated. Saturday, the day of his burial, will be a day of national mourning.

The alleged assailant, a 27-year-old man from Gdańsk, was released from prison last month, it emerged on Monday. After the stabbing, the assailant told the crowd he blamed Adamowicz’s former political party Civic Platform for his jailing in 2014 for a series of violent attacks.…  Seguir leyendo »