Shooting in Kraków: Polish Prosecutor's Office opens terrorism investigation, six dead and Portuguese woman injured
The Polish Prosecutor's Office has opened a terrorism investigation following the attack on Saturday in Kraków, which left six dead and 16 injured, including a Portuguese citizen.
Terrorism investigation in Kraków following shooting that leaves six dead
The Polish Prosecutor's Office has announced the opening of an investigation into an act of "terrorist character" following the shooting that occurred on Saturday in Kraków's Market Square, in southern Poland. The final toll is six dead and 16 injured. According to jornaleconomico.sapo.pt, among the injured is a 74-year-old Portuguese citizen, currently hospitalised — confirmation provided by Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The statement from the Polish Prosecutor's Office indicates that prosecutors will investigate the homicide of the six people killed in Kraków, classifying the act as an "infraction of terrorist nature", as well as the death of three people found at the alleged shooter's residence in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski. Polish police confirmed that the three bodies identified in the dwelling are those of the suspect's father, mother and sister, aged 53, 52 and 21 respectively. The circumstances of their deaths remain unclear.
The governor of the Lesser Poland province, Krzysztof Jan Klęczar, specified at a press conference that four of the six fatal victims are Polish, one is British and the sixth is also a foreigner. These consist of four women and two men, with ages ranging between 32 and 61 years. Klęczar added that all injured admitted to the six hospitals on Saturday "survived" the night.
Of the 16 injured, 11 are Polish citizens and five are foreigners. Besides the Portuguese woman, Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian embassy in Poland confirmed that among the injured is also a Russian citizen. The governor indicated that the state of health is stable in 14 cases, serious in one and critical in another.
The critical case is that of the attack suspect himself, a 24-year-old Pole shot by police while fleeing by car — the same vehicle with which he entered the Market Square before firing indiscriminately into the crowd. The man underwent several surgeries on Saturday night at a Kraków hospital, and his condition remains "classified as critical", according to Klęczar. The governor also added that the health condition of the two officers who managed to arrest the suspect "remains serious".
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