- The 24-year-old gunman killed six people in a mass shooting in Krakow, demonstrating advanced military-style marksmanship skills, according to a fellow shooting club member.
- The bodies of his father, mother, and sister were found in their family home on Saturday, and officials say they were also likely killed by the same assailant as was involved in the shooting in Krakow.
Updated 4 min 43 sec ago
November 9, 2026 01:17
STARACHOWICE: The young gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Saturday in Poland’s unprecedented mass shooting appeared to be highly skilled in military-style marksmanship, the spokesperson for his sports shooting club said on Sunday.
“I wouldn’t know how to shoot like that,” Adam Chyb, 55, a long-time gun shooter and member of the Swit Starachowice club located some 175 km (109 miles) northeast of Krakow, told Reuters.
“I’m a sports shooter,” Chyb said. “Shooting in motion, while running, not to mention while driving a car … with one hand steering and firing with another from an AR-style gun … is an entirely different category.”
There is recoil, blast, and explosion from a small metal can such as a car … What can I say … I’m not an expert in military marksmanship, I couldn’t do it … This is what the military and the police teach. We have absolutely nothing to do with this field.
The killing has shocked Poland, where many people have long felt safer than in the country’s western European neighbors that have witnessed similar attacks in recent years.
The government said the assailant may have been inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details, and nationalist opposition politicians disputed such claims.