Wednesday 8th February 2012
Slaskie
22nd May 2009
“Seeing as all these people say they’re not guilty, let them point out who is responsible for this tragedy.”
The trial of those involved in the Katowice Trade Fair tragedy, where the roof of the display hall collapsed during a pigeon-fanciers’ fair in January 2006, began in the Katowice Regional Court this week. The incident in which 65 people died and 140 were injured was Poland’s worst building disaster in the entire post-war period.The trial of those involved in the Katowice Trade Fair tragedy, where the roof of the display hall collapsed during a pigeon-fanciers’ fair in January 2006, began in the Katowice Regional Court this week. The incident in which 65 people died and 140 were injured was Poland’s worst building disaster in the entire post-war period. The catastrophe appears to have ...
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