Kraków shooter dies in hospital as Polish authorities probe whether he acted alone
Poland's justice minister Waldemar Zurek says the investigation into the Kraków shooting will seek to establish whether the attacker acted alone. The 24-year-old Polish gunman has died in hospital.
A mass shooting on Saturday afternoon in Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland's second-largest city, left six people dead, including a Briton, and 17 injured. On Monday morning authorities said the 24-year-old Polish attacker, who had been wounded in a shootout with police, had died in hospital. The man came from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town in southeastern Poland. Prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation, and two days of national mourning have been declared.
Poland's justice minister, Waldemar Zurek, said the inquiry will go on despite the gunman's death. Its aim is to establish whether he acted alone.
Victims and the family
Police confirmed on Sunday that three people found dead at the attacker's home after the shooting were his father, 53, his mother, 52, and his sister, 21. Among the injured, five are foreign nationals from Britain, Austria, Germany, Portugal and Russia. Two police officers were also hurt, one of them seriously.
Dispute over the suspect's views
Interior minister Marcin Kierwiński had said the suspect was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held "very radical" and "ultra-nationalistic" views. Officials then appeared to step back from those remarks after nationalist opposition politicians questioned what they were based on. Government spokesperson Adam Szlapka told broadcaster TVN24 that until the matter is fully clarified, it is best to refrain from comment, even if there are some initial indications.
Main Market Square reopened on Sunday evening after the security cordon was lifted.
