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Shots in Krakow: shooter dies in hospital
The perpetrator of the Krakow gun attack is dead. He died of his injuries in hospital on Monday morning. more...
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afp/dpa | The perpetrator of the Krakow gun attack is dead. He succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Monday morning, the police headquarters of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship told X. The 24-year-old was injured when police overpowered him in Poland's second largest city. The authorities were investigating him on suspicion of terrorism.
The 24-year-old died in hospital on Monday morning, police said. The attacker shot six people and injured 15 others in the old town of Krakow on Saturday. In the man's hometown, around 200 kilometers north, the police also found the bodies of his parents and sister on Saturday evening.
The man drove a car through the center of Krakow, which is popular with tourists, on Saturday afternoon and randomly shot at passers-by. He was seriously injured in a subsequent exchange of fire, and the two police officers who stopped his attack also suffered gunshot wounds.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski reported on the perpetrator's radical views and his fascination with right-wing extremist ideologies. It is not clear whether this or another motive motivated him to kill numerous people. The public prosecutor spoke of a “terrorist character” in the crime.
Among the dead are two foreigners, a person from Great Britain and an Austrian. Among the numerous injured are five people from Germany, Great Britain, Portugal, Austria and Russia.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki declared two days of national mourning, which continued on Monday. Radio and television stations changed their programming and canceled entertainment programs, theaters canceled their performances and concerts began with a minute's silence.
People laid candles and flowers in the center of Krakow. Solidarity cards with the French inscription “Je suis Krakow” (I am Krakow) were also on display. A rally has been announced for Monday evening on the main market, which became the scene of the massacre. “Let us show solidarity in this difficult time and prove that Krakow will always be a proud, hospitable and open city,” appealed Mayor Lukasz Gibala on social media.