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Gunman Who Killed Six in Krakow Dies After Hospitalization

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In Short: A gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square died in hospital after being shot by police.

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A gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow's Main Market Square died in hospital early Monday after being shot by police.

The attack began shortly before 3 p.m. Local time (1400 GMT) in Krakow’s historic square, a busy central spot popular with tourists.

The gunman, identified as a 24-year-old Polish man, was hospitalized in critical condition since Saturday's shooting and underwent several operations.

In addition to the six people killed in Krakow, three more bodies were found at the suspect's home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, around 150 kilometers northeast of Krakow.

Around 15 million tourists visit Krakow annually, the majority passing through the Main Square.

Weronika Filar, a 27-year-old Krakow resident, told AFP, “I'm absolutely devastated.”

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What's confirmed

• Poland on Sunday launched a terrorism probe as mourners brought candles and flowers to Krakow's cordoned-off Main Market Square in tribute to six people killed by a gunman who authorities said was "fascinated by far-right ideologies".
• Three more bodies were found at the suspect's home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, around 150 kilometres (95 miles) northeast of Krakow.
• A gunman suspected of killing six people in central Krakow, as well as his parents and sister at their home, died in hospital early on Monday, Polish police have said.
• Kraków shooting latest updates: At six people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire on people at Kraków’s historic Main Market Square in Poland on Saturday, November 7, police said.
• A young gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Saturday in an unprecedented Polish mass shooting has died in hospital, police said on Monday.
• Around 15 million tourists visit Krakow annually, the majority passing through the Main Square.
• Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Daniel Prokopowicz said it was "highly likely" that the killings in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski and Krakow were carried out by the same person, but that investigations were ongoing.
• Katarzyna Cislo, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, told TVN24 that the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and he used a military-type long gun in the attack.
• Four women and two men have been killed and 16 others injured in a shooting in Krakow's main market square, according to local authorities.
• Investigators also found the bodies of the suspect’s sister, mother and father at the man’s family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city 200km (125 miles) northeast of Krakow.
• The 24-year-old Polish man was shot by police officers and arrested on Saturday minutes ‌after gunfire was opened on people at Krakow’s historic main square.
• The gunman who killed six people and wounded more than a dozen in central Krakow last week has died in hospital, police say.

What's still developing

• On Sunday, Polish police confirmed those three victims had been identified as the alleged gunman's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister.
• BBC Scotland News reported that Ciaran McMenemy and Charlie Hutchison, both from Aberdeen, said they felt like "sitting ducks" as the shooting began while they were sightseeing in Krakow.

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