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To: Academiadotorg

And what happened to his killers?


4 posted on 10/22/2014 7:57:20 AM PDT by armydawg505
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News of the political murder caused an uproar throughout Poland, and the murderers and one of their superiors, Colonel Adam Petruszka, were convicted of the crime. More than 250,000 people, including Lech Wałęsa, attended his funeral on 3 November 1984. Despite the murder and its repercussions, the Communist regime remained in power until 1989. Popiełuszko's murderers - Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, Leszek Pękala, Waldemar Chmielewski and Colonel Adam Pietruszka (responsible for giving them the order to kill) - were jailed but released later as part of an amnesty.[3]
5 posted on 10/22/2014 7:59:55 AM PDT by armydawg505
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near as I can figure, still alive


8 posted on 10/22/2014 10:33:01 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
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