Polish police say the suspect in Saturday’s shooting in central Krakow has died in hospital. The man had been wounded during the police response. His death marks a new development after the attack, which was followed by national mourning and affected visitors from abroad as well as Polish citizens. Authorities are still investigating his motive.
Polish police said the 24-year-old suspect in the Krakow shooting died in hospital on the morning of November 9.[1], [2]
He had been wounded during the police response to Saturday’s attack in Main Market Square, in the Polish city’s tourist centre. Officials said officers shot him about three minutes after the attack began. His name had not been officially released. The death follows his hospitalisation after the shooting.[1]
Officials said preliminary findings pointed to inspiration from far-right ideology, without providing supporting details. The motive remains under investigation. Police also said on Sunday that three people found dead at the suspect’s family home were his mother, father and sister. The house is in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, another Polish city. Polish media reported that he held a firearms permit and might have obtained weapons from that home.[1]
A British national and an Austrian woman were among those killed in the square, alongside Polish citizens. Surgeons eating nearby assisted wounded officers and the attacker. Surgeon Michal Pędziwiatr described a colleague controlling an officer’s bleeding until an ambulance arrived. The injured officers were reported to have emerged from comas on Sunday. Poland declared two days of national mourning, and Prime Minister Donald Tusk characterised the attack as terrorism. The security cordon was lifted on Sunday evening and Main Market Square reopened.[1]
