Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz was a Polish politician and lawyer who served as the city mayor of Gdańsk from 1998 until his assassination in 2019.
Adamowicz in 2018
Adamowicz in 2014
Demonstration against violence in Warsaw following the assassination of Adamowicz
Candles arranged in the shape of a heart on the Solidarity Square in Szczecin, 16 January 2019.
Assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
Paweł Adamowicz, sitting mayor of Gdańsk, Poland, was fatally stabbed on 13 January 2019, during the finale of the 27th Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, a wintertime Polish charity event. The incident took place in the former coal market of the city of Gdańsk. It was a highly public attack, with significant news coverage from both national and international sources.
Gdańsk City Hall, two days after the assassination
Adamowicz in 2018
Polish Scouts from the ZHR guarding the coffin of Adamowicz at the European Solidarity Centre prior to the funeral
Demonstration against violence in Warsaw following the assassination of Adamowicz