Police say shooter in Kraków market square attack has died
The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in a suspected far-right attack in Kraków's Main Market Square died in hospital after being shot by police, while investigations continue.
Police confirmed that the 24-year-old man who opened fire in Kraków's Main Market Square on Saturday died early Monday after being shot by officers during the attack. The shooting left six people dead, including four women and two men, and injured more than a dozen others, among them two police officers who remain in serious condition.
Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said the incident was a terrorist offence aimed at intimidating a large crowd, and Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński described the weapon used as an automatic rifle and noted the shooter’s fascination with far-right ideologies. Government spokesman Adam Szlapka cautioned against premature conclusions, urging restraint until the investigation is complete.
"Evidence is being collected, but I will not show or disclose it. I ask for restraint," Żurek told Radio Zet.
Authorities also reported that the shooter’s parents and sister were found dead in an apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyskie, where the suspect faced murder charges. Victims included Polish nationals as well as a man from the United Kingdom and a woman from Austria; five foreign nationals were among the wounded.
The two police officers who stopped the gunman were described by officials as acting heroically and were reported conscious by Sunday afternoon. A visitor from Brussels, Marie-Ange Collaer, posted on social media that she and her family "literally ran for our lives and managed to hide from the bullets flying around."