Poland exhumes WWII PM to solve death riddle
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Polish authorities have exhumed the body of the country's World War II prime minister in an attempt to solve the mystery of how he died.
General Wladyslaw Sikorski was prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London during the war and died in a plane crash in Gibraltar in 1943.
A British investigation ruled the crash was an accident, but some historians in Poland believe General Sikorski died as a result of foul play.
Prosecutors say they are now investigating the deah as a possible Communist crime.
A small team has opened the general's marble tomb in Krakow cathedral, where it lies next to the tombs of Polish monarchs and national heroes.
The general's coffin will now be taken from the 12th-century crypt to a forensic laboratory for DNA tests.
The results of the tests are not expected for some weeks.
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