Kraków shooting suspect dies in hospital after killing six in market square attack
A 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Kraków's Main Market Square on Saturday has died in hospital, Polish police confirmed Monday.
Kraków shooter dead after far-right rampage kills six in historic city centre
The 24-year-old man who opened fire on crowds in Kraków's Main Market Square on Saturday, killing six people in what authorities have described as a terrorist attack, died in hospital early Monday, according to Polish police. NBC News reported the development, citing Polish officials.
The gunman was shot by police during the midday attack on the historic square at the centre of Poland's second-largest city. More than a dozen others were wounded, including two police officers who remain hospitalised in serious condition, regional official Krzysztof Jan Klęczar confirmed on Sunday.
Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said on X that the attacker "acted with the aim of seriously intimidating a large number of people, making this a terrorist offence." Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński stated the man used an automatic rifle and "was fascinated by far-right ideologies."
Among the six killed in the square were three Polish women, one Polish man, a man from the UK, and a woman from Austria. Separately, a man and two women — believed to be the shooter's parents and sister — were found dead in an apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyskie, a city approximately 93 miles northeast of Kraków. Deputy inspector Andrzej Fijołek of Police National Headquarters confirmed the discovery; Żurek said the suspect also faced murder charges in connection with those deaths.
The two officers who confronted and stopped the gunman were both conscious by Sunday afternoon. Authorities praised their actions as heroic.
Five of the wounded are foreign nationals, from the UK, Portugal, Russia, Germany, and Austria.
Marie-Ange Collaer, visiting the city with her family from Brussels, described the chaos on Facebook. "We literally ran for our lives and managed to hide from the bullets flying around," she wrote.
The Main Market Square is one of Poland's most prominent tourist and commercial destinations.
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