Krakow mass shooting gunman dies in hospital after killing six people
A 24-year-old gunman who killed six people at Krakow's main square on Saturday has died in hospital after being shot and arrested by police.
Krakow shooter dead after Saturday's mass killing at historic square
The young gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Saturday has died in hospital, Polish police confirmed, as reported by timesofisrael.com. Officers shot and arrested the attacker within minutes of him opening fire on members of the public from his car at the city's historic main square.
Little has been disclosed publicly about the suspect, a 24-year-old from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town of just under 60,000 residents in southeastern Poland. The attack has been described by the government as Poland's unprecedented mass shooting.
Authorities have indicated the assailant may have been motivated by far-right ideology, though no further details have been provided. Interior ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka told radio TOK FM that investigators had begun examining symbols found on the gunman's clothing.
"There were many different emblems on the perpetrator's clothing that have been partially examined and interpreted," Galecka said. "These patches were associated with various motifs that are currently being analyzed by specialists," she added, declining to elaborate while the investigation remains ongoing.
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