Assassination of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko

When

19 Oct 1984

Kind

Assassination

Deaths

1

Coordinates

52.66° N, 19.13° E

Description

1984 murder in Włocławek, Poland

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1984 murder in Włocławek, Poland

On the night of 19 October 1984, 37-year-old Polish Catholic priest Jerzy Popiełuszko was attacked, kidnapped, and killed by three agents of the Polish Security Service, the communist counterintelligence agency in Polish People's Republic, who were disguised as traffic police.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Polish secret police kidnapped and assassinated Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who supported the Solidarity movement”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сотрудниками госбезопасности ПНР похищен и убит Ежи Попелюшко, католический капеллан профсоюза «Солидарность»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page