Three bodies found at home of Krakow shooter; Tusk calls attack terrorism
Three bodies have been found at the home of the 25-year-old man who carried out a shooting in the centre of Krakow, southern Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. He described the attack as an act of terrorism.
Six people were killed on Saturday in a shooting in the centre of Krakow, a city in southern Poland, which police say was carried out by a single attacker. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Krakow that the bodies of two women and one man were found at the suspect's home. According to Tusk, much suggests they were his closest relatives. Tusk also said the incident was an act of terrorism.
How the attack unfolded
Regional police said that at about 3 p.m. the man drove into the city's main market square and began firing from his car at random passers-by. Four women and two men were killed, and 12 of the wounded are in critical or life-threatening condition. Two police officers were also wounded, one of them seriously.
Krakow police spokeswoman Katarzyna Cislo told the TVN24 television channel that the attacker made a "crazy drive" around the main square, so people were injured in several separate places. He wore military-style clothing, a bulletproof vest and a mask, and used a military-type long gun, possibly an AR-15 rifle. Police found many more firearms and a large amount of ammunition in his car.
The man was shot and wounded in an exchange of fire with police a short distance from where the violence began. Cislo said he kept shooting at officers even after being hit. Videos posted on social media by witnesses show people fleeing the square to hide in nearby narrow streets.
The attacker
Police said the gunman acted alone and is a 25-year-old Polish citizen. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski told a news conference that the man was fascinated by far-right ideologies and held very radical views. Police stressed that the public is safe.
