Poland holds vote in Gdansk to elect slain mayor's successor
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Residents in Poland's northern city of Gdansk are voting in a by-election to choose the successor to late Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, who was fatally stabbed during a charity event.
Adamowicz's death on Jan. 14 became a platform for calls for political reconciliation but also criticism of the ruling conservative Law and Justice party.
The 53-year-old Adamowicz was a critic of the party. An attacker stabbed him onstage and then grabbed a microphone and said the act was his revenge against an opposition political party that Adamowicz had once belonged to. The attacker is under arrest.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Among the three candidates in Sunday's vote is Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, a 39-year-old lawyer who was Adamowicz's deputy and is now acting mayor. The ruling party hasn't fielded a candidate. Official returns are expected Monday.