Polish Police Say Krakow Shooting Suspect Dies After Attack

Authorities in Poland said the suspect in the deadly shooting in Krakow has died after being critically wounded by police officers.

Police said the man died early Monday at a hospital. The regional police department confirmed the death in a post on X.

The shooting rampage in Krakow began Saturday. The man drove past the square in the city’s Old Town, an area of Poland’s second-largest city that attracts many tourists, and carried out the attack. Officers said he continued shooting even after suffering wounds.

He is also suspected of killing his parents and sister at the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers away, before the attack in central Krakow.

Six people were killed and 15 were wounded in the shooting spree by the 24-year-old Polish man. The victims were of various nationalities. Three women and one man were Polish, while two other victims were an Austrian woman and a British man. Those injured included people from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.

The two officers who confronted the assailant also remained in hospital.

Poland in mourning

Investigators are treating the shooting as a terrorist offense. While Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the assailant held radical and ultranationalist views, authorities have not said whether he was a member of any extremist organization.

Grief and shock swept through Poland after the shooting.

The attack site at the city’s central square became a place of commemoration as many people laid candles and flowers.

The St. Mary’s Trumpet Call, the melody played at Krakow’s Main Square every hour, stopped in honor of the victims. It was the first time this had happened since World War II. St. Anne’s Church received a wave of mourners who came to attend a service for the victims.

Mass shootings are not common in Poland. About 411,000 people hold gun permits across the country, with interest in gun ownership on the rise.

Poland mourns victims of Krakow mass shooting

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