FILE PHOTO: Mayor Pawel Adamowicz's coffin lies in state in the European Solidarity Centre in Gdansk, Poland, January 17, 2019. Bartosz Banka/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS/File Photo
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Carrying flags and candles in cold streets, thousands of Poles walked on Friday beside the coffin of Gdansk's former mayor Pawel Adamowicz who was stabbed on stage at a charity event.
The murder of a liberal critic of the ruling party's anti-immigrant policies highlighted the charged atmosphere in parts of eastern Europe where populist leaders have fanned nationalist sentiment.
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