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The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square has died in hospital. Police also found three bodies at his family home.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
A gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square has died in hospital, Polish police said. The 24-year-old suspect had been in critical condition since Saturday's shooting and underwent several operations before his death.
Sixteen people were injured in the shooting, including two police officers. Four women and two men were killed, including a British national and an Austrian woman. Five foreign nationals were among the wounded. The wounded were from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia.
Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into the killings and attempted killings, including attacks on police officers, as a possible terrorist offense. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said that the shooter was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held "very radical views." He later said the shooter's motives remained unclear.
Police found the bodies of the suspect's mother, father and sister at the family's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The three are believed to have died from gunshot wounds, though authorities have not confirmed the circumstances of their deaths. Poland's prosecutor's office said it is "highly likely" the killings were carried out by the same person, but investigations were ongoing.
The attack prompted Poland to declare two days of national mourning. Main Market Square reopened on Sunday evening after a security cordon was lifted. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk appealed to politicians not to exploit the tragedy.
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