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Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki stood together at a memorial in Krakow, setting aside a bitter political dispute to honour the victims.
Poland’s prime minister and president appeared together on Monday at a memorial for the victims of the Krakow shooting, a rare joint appearance for two political rivals, according to Africanews. Al Jazeera also reports that President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined thousands of people in Krakow’s March of Silence to honour the six people who were killed.
Africanews says the two leaders arrived at the memorial together. Mr Tusk held a candle while a uniformed officer played a horn nearby. They placed candles among those already left for the victims and then knelt side by side, with Mr Nawrocki repeatedly making the sign of the cross. Footage showed rows of candles, mourners at the site and a Polish flag. Africanews says the attack, on 7 November, left six dead and 15 injured in the heart of Krakow, one of the best-known historic cities in Poland, and set off scenes of panic as people ran from the gunfire. Residents have since returned to light candles, and bullet marks are still visible on café windows near the square.
The show of unity stands out because of the tension between the two men. Both Africanews and Al Jazeera link the moment to a deep political dispute over reforms to the Constitutional Tribunal and, according to Al Jazeera, over presidential powers. Neither report describes any talks between the leaders beyond the shared tribute.
The Al Jazeera item is a short video summary. Earlier reports on this site covered the shooting itself and the national mourning.
The joint appearance shows a country joined in grief at the start of a long inquiry, even as its leaders remain divided on how the state should be run.
The Al Jazeera page is a short video summary, so the detail of the march rests mostly on Africanews. The two reports do not describe the inquiry into the attack.
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