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Radio Poland: Poland shocked as mayor stabbed at charity event

By Radio Poland.

Published Jan. 14, 2019 at 12:59 pm

A man is held on the ground by security personnel after he attacked the mayor of Gdansk during a charity event in Gdansk on January 13, 2019. - The mayor of Gdansk Pawel Adamowicz was attacked by a man who beat him with a knife, the police said, confirming the initial information given by several media outlets.

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Private broadcaster TVN24 cited Interior Minister Joachim Brudziński as saying that mayor Paweł Adamowicz, a well-known local politician, had to be resuscitated and was in a “serious” condition.

The attack, which took place during a high-profile, long-running fundraiser called the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, caused shock and disbelief in Poland.