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Thousands Gather For Gdansk Mayor’s Funeral
Pawel Adamowicz was fatally stabbed at a charity event last weekend.
Pawel Adamowicz was fatally stabbed at a charity event last weekend. He’d been the mayor of Gdansk for 20 years. A day of mourning is underway in Poland today as his funeral service takes place in St Mary’s Church. We’ll hear from someone who knew him.
Also in the programme: the DRC’s Constitutional Court is due to rule on a challenge to the official results of the contested presidential election; and can music affect the taste of cheese?
(Picture: Scouts stand guard at the urn with the ashes of the late Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz. Credit: EPA)
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Sat 19 Jan 201913:06GMT
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