Sirens and church bells sounded across Poland early Saturday to mark one week since the plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other politicians and military leaders, DPA reported.
The tribute came at 8:56 am (0656 GMT) as the capital was set to host an official commemoration for the crash victims. The ceremony was set to begin in Warsaw's Pilsudski Square, with up to a million people, many from other parts of the country, expected to attend. A mass would also be held on the square.
The coffins of Kaczynski and his wife Maria were meanwhile to be moved from the presidential palace, where they have been on public view since Tuesday, to Warsaw Cathedral for an evening mass.
They would then be transported to the southern city of Krakow for a state funeral Sunday. The Kaczynski couple are to be buried in Wawel Cathedral, in a sarcophagus near Jozef Pilsudski, who won independence for Poland in 1918 after more than a century of partitions.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are among those expected to attend the funeral.
Kaczynski and his wife were among 97 people killed when their plane crashed in Smolensk last Saturday.
Sirens, church bells mark one week since Kaczynski plane crash
Sirens and church bells sounded across Poland early Saturday to mark one week since the plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other politicians and military leaders.
