A gunman killed at least six people and injured 15 in Krakow's main market square on Saturday, authorities said. The suspect was wounded by police and taken to a hospital.
A gunman killed at least six people and injured 15 in Krakow's main market square on Saturday, authorities said. The perpetrator, a 25-year-old Polish man who acted alone, was wounded during an exchange of fire with police and taken to a hospital.
According to Krakow police, at around 3 pm (1400 GMT), a man who had driven into the market square in a car began shooting at random people from inside the vehicle. Police said the man drove to multiple spots in the square and opened fire at each with an automatic weapon. Officers were among the wounded, and the perpetrator was shot by police officers and transported to a hospital.
Polish police chief Marek Boron said there were six fatalities: four women and two men. Three were Polish women, one was a British national, and two people had not yet been identified. Five of the injured were non-Polish nationals, police commander Marek Boroń said. Two police officers were among the injured, including one whose injuries were serious.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities found the bodies of two women and a man in the shooter's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a city about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Krakow. Tusk said there was "much to suggest that they are members of the (suspect's) immediate family."
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the shooter was "fascinated by far-right ideologies" and held "very radical" and "ultranationalistic" views. The shooter wore military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and used a long gun. Numerous other weapons and ammunition were found in the gunman's car.
Tusk said Poland would observe two days of mourning for the victims. Krakow mayor Łukasz Gibała said the city will be in official mourning until Wednesday.
Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland. The attack took place in a popular tourist area in the country's second-largest city, and authorities are investigating it as an act of terror.
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