Krakow shooter dies in hospital, as officials say motivation still being investigated

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Police say the 24-year-old attacker, named in Polish media as Michal Oksinski, died early this morning from injuries sustained in a gunfight with police.

The two police officers who apprehended him have now both emerged from medical comas, doctors say.

The attack was initially ascribed to far-right motivations by police and the country’s interior minister. Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Przemyslaw Nowak said today investigations as to a motive remain ongoing. He was dressed in military fatigues, and wore “many different emblems” which investigators have “partially examined and interpreted,” the Interior Ministry disclosed.

“Until the matter is fully clarified and the authorities are in ‌possession of complete information, it is best to refrain from making comments, even if there are ​some initial indications” (as to motive), government spokesperson Adam Szlapka said.

Officials have retreated from their earlier claims under apparent pressure from the nationalist Law & Justice party, which is the main opposition in parliament and also controls the presidency. Party chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski said the attribution of far-right views to the shooter was “a blatant lie.”

Police are still attempting to determine if the attacker acted alone. Four phones were taken from his vehicle as well as several weapons, and more guns have been recovered from the family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, about 90 miles from Krakow.

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