Gunman kills rightwing party worker

A gunman killed a party worker of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) on the 19 October 2010, and said he wanted to murder Poland’s rightwing opposition leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in a sign of the growing brutality of the country’s politics.

Later, Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that the moral and political responsibility for the death rested with the government.

ESO: Background information: Poland’s gadfly hones his sting http://www.europeansources.info/record/polands-gadfly-hones-his-sting/

Polskie Radio, 19.10.10: Man murdered during crazed attack at opposition party office http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul141809_man-murdered-during-crazed-attack-at-opposition-party-office.html

Polskie Radio, 25.10.10: Murderer undergoes psychiatric tests http://www.thenews.pl/national/artykul142228_murderer-undergoes-psychiatric-tests.html

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