Graffiti referencing the attack appeared outside university in Gdańsk
Police in Gdańsk are investigating graffiti on the pavement outside WSB Merito University. The slogan "Kraków now WSB" was a direct reference to a tragic attack in November at Kraków's Main Square.
Graffiti outside the university
Gdańsk police have launched an investigation into alarming graffiti that appeared on the pavement outside WSB Merito University on Chopina Street. According to wiadomosci.wp.pl, the slogan "Kraków now WSB" was a direct reference to a tragic attack in Kraków on 7 November.
A security guard at the university reported the incident to police. Officers carried out an examination of the site and secured CCTV footage. Asp. szt. Mariusz Chrzanowski, the spokesman for Gdańsk police, confirmed that the university grounds were placed under immediate surveillance.
The graffiti has since been removed. Detectives are establishing the identity of the perpetrator and the circumstances of the incident. As part of the investigation, witnesses are being questioned and a team is analysing CCTV recordings.
Background to the attack
The graffiti referred to the attack on 7 November at the Main Square in Kraków. A 24-year-old perpetrator drove a car into the square area and then opened fire on random people. As a result of the attack, six people were killed and 15 were wounded, including two police officers.
The perpetrator died in hospital on Monday. An investigation at his flat in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski revealed the bodies of his father, mother and sister with gunshot wounds. On Saturday, when news of the Gdańsk graffiti emerged, ten of the wounded were still in five Kraków hospitals in a stable condition.
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