Perpetrator of Kraków shooting is dead

 

 

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Published 07:10 | Updated 12:35

 

According to the police, the perpetrator drove into the Market Square in Kraków’s Old Town and began firing indiscriminately at people. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/AP/TT

The man suspected of the mass shooting in Kraków, Poland, is dead, Polish police have announced.

On Monday, the country’s public prosecutor’s office stated that it is not possible to determine whether the suspected perpetrator can be linked to any specific ideology.

The man, who was in his mid-twenties, was seriously wounded when police attempted to stop him. He had been receiving hospital care since the attack but has now passed away.

“We can inform you that the perpetrator of this tragic event died in the hospital this morning,” the Polish police wrote in a post on X, according to the news agency AFP.

Over the weekend, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński stated that the initial investigation suggested the suspect sympathized with “far-right ideologies,” describing him as an ultranationalist. On Monday, however, the prosecutor’s office stated that, thus far, they have found no evidence to definitively link the act to any specific ideology.

Central Kraków

Six people—four women and two men—were killed, and approximately 15 others were injured in the attack, which took place in a square in central Kraków on Saturday afternoon.

Police arrived on the scene quickly; according to Polish authorities, the perpetrator was shot just three minutes after the attack began. Two police officers were wounded by gunfire during an exchange with the man. Both are being treated in the hospital, and as of Sunday, their condition was reported to be stable.

Described as an act of terror

Three additional deceased individuals were discovered at the perpetrator’s residence in a town located about 100 kilometers from Kraków. According to authorities, the victims are the suspected shooter’s parents and his 21-year-old sister.

Authorities have described the mass shooting as an act of terror, noting that the man acted alone. According to the police, the man was armed with military-grade firearms. A large quantity of weapons and ammunition was found in his vehicle.