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Gunman Who Killed Six in Krakow Dies in Hospital
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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, Polish police said.
The gunman, identified as a 24-year-old Polish man, was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest, and used a military-type long gun in the attack.
Three more bodies were found at the suspect's home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, around 150 kilometers (95 miles) northeast of Krakow.
The attack left five people dead and around a dozen others wounded, according to a Krakow police spokesperson.
The gunman was 'neutralised' by police officers and transported to hospital.
In the suspect's hometown, Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, about 200 km (124 miles) north of Krakow, police later found the bodies of his parents and sister at his home.
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 prosecutor's office spokesperson said it was 'highly likely' that the killings in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski and Krakow were carried out by the same person.
Around 15 million tourists visit Krakow annually, the majority passing through the Main Square.
The gunman had visited websites about Norwegian white-supremacist killer Anders Behring Breivik, according to Poland’s justice minister.
"I'm absolutely devastated," Weronika Filar, 27, a Krakow resident, told AFP.
What this adds
The death toll rose after the gunman's death, with three more bodies found at his home.
The gunman was shot by police and arrested shortly after the attack, according to authorities.
The gunman had visited websites about Anders Behring Breivik, indicating possible right-wing extremist motives.
Background
The suspect in a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, that killed six people died in the hospital.
A gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square died in hospital after being shot by police.
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
- The suspect has been detained and taken to hospital, while authorities investigate the circumstances and possible motive behind the attack.
- 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.
- The suspect in the deadly November 7 Krakow shooting looked up the white supremacist who killed dozens in Norway in 2011, Poland’s justice minister says.
- Officials say they were also likely killed by Oksinski.
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