Gunman who killed six in Kraków's market square dies in hospital
The Polish citizen who opened fire on passers-by in Kraków on 7 November has died in hospital. Six people were killed in the attack and 16 were wounded.
A man who shot at passers-by in the main market square of Kraków, Poland, on 7 November has died in hospital, police in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship said on Monday, 9 November. The gunman was wounded during his arrest. The attack left six people dead and 16 injured, including two police officers, according to Meduza, a Russian-language independent outlet.
Police say the attacker was a 25-year-old Polish citizen. He fired from a car in the afternoon. His motives have not been established. Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the shooter held extremely radical, ultranationalist views. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the incident a terrorist attack.
Further bodies found at the attacker's home
The bodies of three people were later found at the attacker's home. Police identified them as his parents and his sister.
Nationalities of the victims
Citing Karolina Gałecka, spokeswoman for Poland's Interior Ministry, Radio Liberty reports that the dead and wounded include citizens of five foreign countries: Russia, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany and Portugal.
TVN24, citing the authorities, reports that those killed in the market square were four Polish citizens — three women aged 61, 47 and 53, and a man of about 50 — as well as a 32-year-old British citizen and a 51-year-old foreign woman whose nationality is not yet known.
A national day of mourning declared across Poland lasts until midnight on 9 November.
