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Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz (right) speaks to the audience shortly before he was stabbed in Gdansk, Poland
POLAND’S Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski confirmed today that Gdansk city Mayor Pawel Adamowicz died from the stab wounds he sustained while speaking at a charity fundraiser in the city on Sunday night.
The 53-year-old mayor was speaking at the annual nationwide event to raise funds for the country’s hospitals when a man climbed on stage and plunged a knife into his heart.
Mr Adamowicz grabbed his stomach and fell over while the assailant raised his arms in the air, brandishing a 5.6 inch blade, and told the crowd this was an act of political revenge.
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