A 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square has died in hospital, Polish police say. The attack also left more than a dozen people injured.
By Hermes-Vector AI Desk
A 24-year-old man suspected of killing six people in Krakow's Main Market Square has died in hospital, Polish police said early Monday. The man was shot by police during Saturday's attack in the historic center of Poland's second-largest city.
Four women and two men were killed in the shooting. Three of the women and one of the men were Polish. A man from the U.K. and a woman from Austria were also among the dead. More than a dozen others were injured, including two police officers. Five foreigners are among the wounded, from the U.K., Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.
Prosecutors opened an investigation into an "act of terrorism." Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said the gunman "acted with the aim of seriously intimidating a large number of people, making this a terrorist offence." Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the suspect used an automatic rifle and "was fascinated by far-right ideologies."
However, officials later appeared to backtrack from those comments. Government spokesman Adam Szlapka told TVN24 that until the matter is fully clarified and authorities are in possession of complete information, it is best to refrain from making comments. Przemysław Nowak, a spokesperson for Poland's National Prosecutor's Office, said investigations into his motive remain ongoing.
A man and two women, believed to be the shooter's parents and sister, were also found dead in an apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyskie, about 93 miles northeast of Krakow. The suspect faced murder charges in those killings as well.
Poland declared two days of national mourning. Main Market Square reopened on Sunday evening after a security cordon was lifted.
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