Stabbed Polish mayor dies

Thousands of people joined marches across Poland to pay tribute to the centrist mayor of Gdansk who died Monday, a day after being stabbed in the heart at a charity event. Pawel Adamowicz died in hospital after a daylong fight by doctors to save him.

There were marches in a dozen cities around Poland, the PAP news agency reported. Thousands marched in Gdansk, the Baltic city Adamowicz ran for two decades, many carrying candles or the city’s flag. European Council President Donald Tusk flew in to his hometown to attend the march in memory of his friend and former political ally. Thousands of people gathered in Warsaw under the slogan “Stop the Hatred”. He told the crowd, addressing Adamowicz: “You were always there whenever there was the need to be good and courageous and to take a stand against evil.”