Gunman who killed at least six people in deadly rampage in Poland Krakow City died in hospital on Saturday, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday, citing police.
The country was horrified by the rare mass shooting in the southern city’s historic main square, which sparked national mourning and heightened security, with authorities saying the attack was likely motivated by far-right ideology.
The Polish citizen, aged in his 20s, was shot and injured by police during the attack before being taken to hospital. There he underwent several surgeries and was in critical condition before his death.
The mass shooting – which authorities said they were investigating as a possible terrorist attack – generated a wave of fear in a European country with exceptionally strict gun laws.
Krakow police said the gunman went to the city’s main market square, usually popular with tourists and locals, and began shooting randomly. against people, first from his car, killing four women and two men on Saturday afternoon. Sixteen other people were injured, including two police officers.
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Video captures gunshots at site of deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland
Gunshots can be heard on social media video from Krakow, Poland, where at least 6 people died after a man entered the square and opened fire from inside his vehicle on what appeared to be random people, Krakow police said in a post on X.
The alleged attacker wore military-style clothing and used “military weapons”, deputy police inspector Katarzyna Cisło told Polish news channel TVN24. Weapons and ammunition were also found in his vehicle.
The bodies of his sister, mother and father were later found at the suspect’s home in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 200 km northeast of Krakow. The Polish prosecutor’s office said Sunday that it was “very likely” that the killings were carried out by the same person, but investigations were ongoing.
Eleven firearms were recovered at the two sites, said the spokesperson for the prosecution.
Little is known about the shooter, who has not been identified by police, and his motives were not immediately clear. But Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the shooter was fascinated by far-right ideologies and had “very radical views”.
The emblems on his clothing are being examined by experts, an Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
“These patches were associated with various patterns which are currently being analyzed by specialists,” Karolina Galecka told TOK FM radio, Reuters reported.
The suspect was a member of a shooting club and appeared to be a highly trained sniper, club spokesman Adam Chyb told Reuters on Sunday.
Poland, like other European Union countries, has strict rules regarding the acquisition of firearms and very few people are allowed to own military-style weapons or carry weapons in public. About 411,000 people have gun licenses in the country, which has a population of more than 37 million, according to the Associated Press.
An off-duty surgeon who rushed to the scene of the shooting to treat victims of the attack, including a police officer, said he had just finished eating lunch with his family when he heard “what sounded like gunshots.”
Michal Pedziwiatr described being “in the eye of the storm” as he and a friend – also a surgeon – began providing care to the injured.
Pedziwiatr told a news conference on Sunday that his friend, Mateusz Wierdak, was a “hero” for saving the life of a police officer who subdued the attacker, after “applying pressure to the bleeding wound without protective equipment or gloves” and “inserting gauze pads into the chest cavity,” Reuters reported.
The two injured police officers, whom Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk praised for also saving “many lives”, were operated on and remain hospitalized, police said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
