Lech Kaczyński's remains to be exhumed

On Wednesday, the National Prosecutor's Office announced the decision to exhume the bodies of the 2010 Smolensk plane crash, in which all 96 passengers died, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife. The remains of all the victims, including those of President Lech Kaczyński and First Lady Maria Kaczyńska will be exhumed (with the exception of those which were already examined during the original investigation). According to Ewa Bialik, a spokeswoman for the National Prosecutor, contacts were established with well-known research centers in Europe to carry out additional studies and to provide their expertise. "Comprehensive post-mortem examinations, also using computer tomography in the field of toxicology and DNA will be important for determining the injuries of the victims and the causes of their deaths, as well as to reconstruct the final moments of the disaster and its causes. It is vital to clarify the underlying thread of the investigation, despite several years having passed since the disaster," the national prosecutor said. In March, Poland's Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz suggested that the Smolensk air crash was a terrorist attack. Russia has so far refused to return the wreckage of the Tu-154M plane to Poland.