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Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski died this morning in a crash in Russia. He was on his way to the town of Smolensk to the 70th anniversary of the Katyn . This was the killing of 22,000 Polish officers by Soviet forces near Smolensk during WWII. Dozens of other high- Polish officials also died in the air disaster, which no one . Among the 96 who lost their lives were Poland’s army chief, the governor of Poland’s bank, politicians, bishops and historians. Details are of the cause of the crash. Safety officials believe it might have been due to human . The plane hit trees in thick fog as it approached the airport’s runway.

The crash has caused great in Poland. One comment on Twitter by a Polish woman said it was the biggest for Poland in the past 50 years. Another tweeter said Poland is now facing its worst political since it escaped from communism in 1989. Two dozen of the country’s top politicians were on the plane. The BBC's Adam Easton, reporting from Warsaw, said the crash was a for the Polish people. He that Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk was in tears at the news of the . British leader Gordon Brown said the whole world was “”. The country must now a presidential election in the next two weeks. The poll will take place two months of the announcement.