Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz

Paweł Adamowicz – former mayor of Gdańsk – was murdered during the most popular volunteer event in Poland – Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. The incident took place on 13 January 2019 on Targ Węglowy in the city of Gdańsk, Poland.[1][2][3]

Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
Gdańsk Town Hall, two days after assassination
LocationTarg Węglowy, Gdańsk
Date13 January 2019
TargetPaweł Adamowicz
Attack type
assassination by stabbing
PerpetratorStefan Wilmont

Assassination

During the 27th Final of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity in Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz was standing on the stage among others. The attacker illegally got on stage and stabbed him three times. Then Stefan Wilmont (the attacker) said:

"Halo! Halo! Nazywam się Stefan Wilmont. Siedziałem niewinny w więzieniu. Siedziałem niewinny w więzieniu. Platforma Obywatelska mnie torturowała. Dlatego właśnie zginął Adamowicz"[4]

English translation:

"Halo! Halo! My name is Stefan Wilmont. I had been in prison innocently. I had been in prison innocently. Civic Platform was torturing me. That's why Adamowicz was killed"[5]

After his speech, technical workers overpowered the attacker.[6] Paweł Adamowicz died in hospital the next day.[7]

The attacker

The attacker was a recidivist. At the moment of the incident he was 27 years old.[8] As a teenager he had already problems with the law, and he robbed a bank a few times. Before the assassination of Adamowicz, he had been in prison.[9]

Mourning

Days after incident, The President of Poland Andrzej Duda established a national mourning on the day of the funeral of Adamowicz. A national mourning was set from 18 to 19 January 2019.[10]

Vice-mayor of Gdańsk Aleksandra Dulkiewicz and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski made a decision to set mournings in Gdańsk and Warsaw.[11]

The day following the assassination, the leader of Civic Platform Grzegorz Schetyna asked the Marshall of Sejm to celebrate a minute of silence during the parliament session.[12]

In many Polish cities events were held where citizens could sign a collective book of condolences for Adamowicz's family.[13][14]

References
  1. "Polish mayor stabbed at charity event". BBC News. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. Ives, Mike (13 January 2019). "Mayor in Poland Is Stabbed Onstage at Charity Event". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. "Gdańsk zaprasza na 27. Finał". www.gdanskdlaorkiestry.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. "Sprawca ataku na prezydenta Adamowicza to przestępca z Gdańska". www.tvp.info (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. Author's translation
  6. Mieśnik, Magda (14 January 2019). "Paweł Adamowicz dźgnięty nożem. To on obezwładnił Stefana W. "Nie jestem bohaterem"". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  7. "Paweł Adamowicz nie żyje. Prezydent Gdańska miał 53 lata". tokfm (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  8. Ruszkiewicz, Sylwester (14 January 2019). "Zabójca Pawła Adamowicza miał schizofrenię paranoidalną, niedawno odstawił leki". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  9. News, Polsat. ""Wiedział, że nóż po wbiciu trzeba przekręcić, żeby uszkodzić narządy. Wiedział jak zabijać" – Polsat News". polsatnews.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  10. "Oficjalna strona Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej / Aktualności / Wydarzenia / Dzień pogrzebu Pawła Adamowicza – dniem żałoby narodowej". www.prezydent.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  11. gdansk.pl, -. "Wygaszone iluminacje, opuszczone flagi, msze święte. Żałoba po prezydencie Gdańska do dnia pogrzebu". Gdańsk – oficjalny portal miasta (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. "Minuta ciszy ku czci Pawła Adamowicza w Sejmie. Jarosław Kaczyński nieobecny". wiadomosci.onet.pl. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  13. silnet.pl. "Śmierć Pawła Adamowicza. Od dziś można wpisywać się do księgi kondolencyjnej – Sosnowiec informacje". sosnowiecki.pl. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  14. "Ksiega Kondolencyjna Pawel Adamowicz – NaszeMiasto.pl". sopot.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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