died on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need. as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. to the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground. prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death at a movie it's called get down scoop the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. earlier i spoke to mark as a journalist with radio z e t he said the killing of the mortgage had united a politically divided nation at least for the time being. but if you go soon it's not as polarized as it was before the attack because everybody agrees that you see it wasn't barbaric act everybody is saying you need grief from prime minister and one of its key interest in town so you do the two old it only takes from day opposition parties so today we are all together. we don't know what will happen after for example the funeral of the presid

pows came to mourn the man who led their city for two decades pavel adam ovitz a husband father was one of the country's progressive voices. council president donald to escape flew to get danske his hometown to honor his friend. i want to promise you today your pov i'm on behalf of all of us presidents. and europeans. for you and for all of us we will defend our guitars our poland and our europe against hatred and contempt we promise you this so far well. many people knew him personally. for me it's terrible news especially since we went to great school together just over there. i thought he would survive life. miserable in charleston physically devastated so i'm very sad because i saw the mayor very often just go right on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need that got him as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. you know the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground. prosecutors are charging the twenty

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pavel adam ovitz will be buried here at the sun marius basilica later today it's a place where many notable residents are entered the service will be broadcast life across a mark of respect for a man whose progressive voice will be deeply missed by many. and joining us now from dance is correspondent monica said osgar who's outside the cathedral where the service for the polish mayor is set to take place so monica there was quite a turnout yesterday we saw thousands of people accompanying adama which is coffin what are we expecting at today's funeral. well in today's funeral there are also even hundreds of thousands of people expected among them will be also guests from other countries and also prominent guests like the president of the european council don't know who was a close friend to. mayor of the movie which the former president of germany. some mayors of german cities like. and many people many people from different cities of poland from all over the country are coming and gathering here close to the cathedral to this. very basilica where also his coffin will be birth but buried in

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die on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need and as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground. prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death adam ovitz called get down to school the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. and bisection man skiis from his polish service and joins us now for more on this so what is the death of out of what does it mean for the people of poland. well what has happened is simply shocking for polish people who are reacting very spontaneously and very emotional you we've seen those big big marches against the violence taking place in many cities of poland very big one in the in the city of diancecht and because although polish politics is very aggressive verbal the it hasn't seen a tragedy like that before a very popular liberal pollution politician ha

the city of downs poland which is in mourning following the brutal death of its longtime mayor pavel adam ovitz was killed at a fund raising event while he was addressing a crowd of hundreds a man jumped on stage and stabbed him repeatedly demo which later died of his injuries the attacker says he acted out of revenge blaming the mare's former party for imprisoning him well the damage was a voice of tolerance and a leading opposition figure his death has underscored just how heated the political debate in poland has become the ruling law and justice party has shifted the country to the right polarizing urban and rural voters and one rock band in the liberal scene is using provocation to challenge them front man adam d'arcy says it's artistic expression not so for politicians of the ruling party. and in dark skinned his black metal band behemoths are about to start their war saw gig they're playing three shows in poland before kicking off their european tour which is bound to stir controversy. and embarrass is an outspoken critic of poland's ruling right wing nationalist law and justice governme

died on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need. as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. to the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground. prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death at a movie called get down scoop the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. well for more let's cross over to journalist. all who's standing by for us in a much a what does the death of pavol mean for the people of poland. well it means that the political discourse in our country crawls to the unlined there is so much hate in the discussion especially in the social media and that's led to this tragic find no. event that. the hopeful instead of fight off. a lot of which was for the past three years introduced by the public media is that public enemy number one. also because he has some he had some long problems sit with his s

guys on sunday pavel adam ovitz was praising a fund raising effort for children in need and as the mayor looked out at thousands of people a man lunged at him with a knife. to the attacker then remained on stage shouting that he blamed the mayor's former party for wrongfully imprisoning him he was then tackled to the ground. prosecutors are charging the twenty seven year old suspect with murder. just before his death at a movie it's called get down scoop the most wonderful city in the world. a lasting message to the people he served. let's bring in matthew jay a journalist who has written for the daily telegraph the scotsman and the economist he joins us now from the polish capital warsaw welcome to you and they do so much for joining us this afternoon what does the death of automotive h. need for the people of poland. well it's come as a huge shock and you know polls are astar you talk of polls and they just it's very hard for them to comprehend. such a popular and also a matter one of the country's biggest cities being murdered is is half hasn't happened in recent history has happened