POLAND: MARCH OF SILENCE TAKES PLACE IN LODZ FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENTAL KILLING OF A MAN IN CLASHES WITH POLICE

Record ID: 648339

  • Title: POLAND: MARCH OF SILENCE TAKES PLACE IN LODZ FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENTAL KILLING OF A MAN IN CLASHES WITH POLICE
  • Date: 10th May 2004
  • Summary: (EU) LOTZ, POLAND (MAY 10, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV OF CROWD GATHERED IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL 0.06 2. MCU (Polish) PROTESTER SAYING: "Today we meet to unite all students and again to say no to violence." 0.17 3. MCU PEOPLE LISTENING 0.22 4. SLV BANNER SAYING "MURDERERS" 0.28 5. SV BOY WITH PHOTO OF KILLED MAN 0.33 6. SV TWO MEN ARGUING ABOUT WHOSE FAULT THE SATURDAY'S INCIDENT WAS - WHETHER IT WAS THE POLICE'S FAULT OR THE FAULT OF STUDENTS WHO WERE CLASHING WITH FOOTBALL FANS 0.43 7. SLV REPRESENTATIVE COMPANY WITH FLAGS MARCHING 0.49 8. MCU OF MAN WITH FLAG 0.54 9. LV/SLV OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN SILENCE (4 SHOTS) 1.24 10. MCU (Polish) SLAWOMIR WILCINSKI, STUDENT SAYING: "We can say that the fault lies on the side of the police, who used live bullets, for me it's intolerable. But also the reason for this was the way the hooligans, football fans, acted." 1.41 11. SV COLUMN OF POLICE CARS IN FRONT OF MARCHERS 1.46 12. SLV MARCHERS ENTERING THE LODZ CATHEDRAL 2.02 13. SLV EXTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL 2.07 14. SV GIRLS HOLDING CANDLES 2.12 15. CLOSE-UP OF CANDLE 2.17 16. SLV INTERIOR OF CATHEDRAL 2.27 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: LOTZ, POLAND
  • Country: Poland
  • Reuters ID: LVAEB1JTLJWCFTVCYQF4FZGHJJN0
  • Story Text: March of silence takes place in Poland following the
    accidental killing of a man in clashes with police.




    Close to 5,000 people marched through the streets of
    Lodz in Poland on Monday (May 10) to express solidarity
    with the victims of tragic clashes with police during a
    student party on Saturday (May 8).

    The clashes erupted when a band of football fans went
    rampant on an annual student party.

    Police mistakenly used live ammunition instead of
    rubber bullets to quell the riot, killing one man and
    severely injuring two more people, including a girl who was
    subsequently diagnosed as clinically dead.

    Several more people were left slightly wounded.

    The march began at the beginning of Piotrkowska Street
    - the main boardwalk of Lodz.

    It was led by representatives of city authorities and
    politicians. Students of local universities were in the
    majority, protesting against police violence and demanding
    a right to a safe existence.

    The silent protest ended with mass in the Lodz
    Cathedral, where members of the victims' families prayed
    for those who died and for those who were severely wounded.

    The incident over the weekend sparked a broad reaction.

    Lodz Police Chief Inspector Jacek Staniecki has
    resigned and politicians have called on changing procedures
    of engagement by the police in similar situations.


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