Outrage at Smolensk scavangers
7th May 2010
© R. Dzięciołowski
Gabriela Zych's passport is one of the objects that has been found
The country was rocked this week by the news that less than a month after the tragic air disaster at Smolensk, people are making their way up to the site in order to scavenge around and find personal belongings once owned by the victims of the crash.
As ordinary citizens make their way up to the swamp ground to pray and pay their last respects to those who died in the airplane accident, many are taking the opportunity to stage their own personal ‘treasure hunt’, hoping to take away their own personal souvenirs from the crash that has caused deep shock amongst the nation.
While there have been calls from the Polish government to secure the area, it seems that little has been done b ...
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