In Poland, on the morning of November 9, a 24-year-old man who carried out a mass shooting in the center of Kraków died. The attacker was in critical condition in hospital after being wounded during a shootout with law enforcement officers.
The man's death was reported by the Małopolska police on social media platform X.
"We inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died early this morning in hospital", the official statement said.
According to the Polish outlet LoveKraków, the man died at 4:30 a.m. at the University Hospital in Kraków. After his arrest, he underwent several surgeries, but could not be saved.
The shooting took place on November 7 on the Main Market Square in Kraków. According to updated official data, six people were killed and 15 others were wounded, including two police officers. The attacker himself was also wounded, which is why previous reports from Polish authorities mentioned 16 wounded, including the shooter.
According to the investigation, the armed man drove a car onto the square and opened fire on passers-by. Police wounded him during the arrest. Among the dead are four Polish citizens, a British citizen, and an Austrian citizen.
In addition, law enforcement officers found the bodies of his parents and sister with gunshot wounds in the family home of the attacker in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. According to the prosecutor's office, collected evidence points to the same man's involvement in the murder of three relatives.
The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating the attack in Kraków as a crime of a terrorist nature. The motives of the shooter have not been definitively established. In connection with the tragedy, national mourning was declared in Poland on November 8 and 9.
Based on materials from: Małopolska Police, LoveKraków, TVP3 Kielce
