Court will probe Smoleńsk crash over negligence

The district court for Warsaw has refused to discontinue proceedings over negligence in the preparation of the presidential visit to Smoleńsk in 2010, overruling last year's prosecutor's decision to suspend the proceeding. The former head of the chancellery of the Prime Minister, Tomasz Arabski, two officers of the chancellery and two employees of the Polish Embassy in Russia will stand to trial. The prosecutor's office called for the discontinuation of proceedings, however the court spoke in favor of 11 relatives of the victims, who filed a private prosecution.  In the 2010 air crash near Smoleńsk, Russia, 96 people died, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife, Maria.