Saturday, April 10, 2010

Plane crash 'carrying Polish president' kills 87 people

Reports from Moscow say a plane carrying the Polish president Lech Kaczynski has crashed in western Russia and at least 87 people have been killed.

Russian media and the foreign Polish ministry is alleged to have said the president and his wife were on board the plane at the time, and it is not yet known whether there has been any survivors.

It is believed the plane crashed this morning near the city of Smolensk, killing 87 people.

Mr Kaczynski was due to visit the city to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre; during which Russian soldiers killed 22,000 Polish prisoners of war 70 years ago.

Source: inthenews.co.uk/

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