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Suspected Far-Right Shooter in Poland Dies in Hospital
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In Short: The suspect in a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, that killed six people died in the hospital on Monday, police said.
The suspect in a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, that killed six people died in the hospital on Monday, police said. The 24-year-old man, who was shot and wounded by police, had been hospitalized since the attack on Saturday.
According to Polish police, the suspect was apparently inspired by far-right ideologies, though the exact motive remains under investigation. The government stated that the assailant, a resident of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a town of just under 60,000 people in southeastern Poland, may have been influenced by far-right beliefs.
The attack has prompted a national investigation into an act of terrorism, and Poland’s interior minister described the suspect as being fascinated by far-right ideologies. The two police officers who stopped the gunman were injured and remain in the hospital.
The incident has also raised concerns about gun ownership in Poland, which has been rising since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, despite relatively low gun ownership compared to its European allies.
What this adds
The incident has prompted a national investigation into an act of terrorism, and Poland’s interior minister described the suspect as being fascinated by far-right ideologies.
Background
A gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow's Main Market Square died in hospital early Monday, Polish police said.
What's confirmed
- LONDON -- The suspect in Saturday's deadly mass shooting in Krakow that killed at least six people died in the hospital on Monday, police said.
- The suspected shooter was shot and wounded by police, authorities said.
- The man who opened fire in a public square, killing six people in a suspected far-right terror attack in Kraków, Poland, has died, police said early Monday.
- Prosecutors on Sunday opened an investigation into an “act of terrorism”, and Poland’s interior minister said the suspect was fascinated by “far-right ideologies”.
- The two police officers who stopped the gunman in actions authorities hailed as heroic were injured and remain in hospital.
- Three of the women and one of the men were Polish, authorities said.
- Four women and two men were killed in the shooting.
What's still developing
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- Last week, a 13-year-old was detained by police after telling a fellow online gamer that he was planning an attack on his school in the village of Książki, north-central Poland.
- However, during a press briefing on Monday morning, Przemysław Nowak, a spokesperson for Poland's National Prosecutor's Office, said investigations into his motive remain ongoing.