The alleged assailant, identified as 27-year-old Stefan W from Gdansk, has a record of violent crime and was released from prison last month
Paweł Adamowicz, the mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, has died after he was stabbed in the chest on stage at a charity concert on Sunday evening.
The 53-year-old, who had held the post since 1998, had been in a critical condition in hospital having had surgery overnight that lasted more than five hours.
“We couldn’t win,” said Polish health minister Lukasz Szumowski.
