Kraków Gunman Dies After Killing 6, as Poland Probes Far-Right Motive
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Updated · CNN · Nov 9
Kraków Gunman Dies After Killing 6, as Poland Probes Far-Right Motive
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Nov 9
Summary
Police said the gunman who killed six people in Kraków’s main market square on Saturday died in hospital after being shot by officers and undergoing multiple surgeries.
Authorities are investigating the rampage as a possible terror attack, with Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński saying the man held radical far-right views and experts now examining emblems on his military-style clothing.
Sixteen people were injured, including two police officers, after the attacker drove into the square and opened fire randomly from his car; police later recovered 11 firearms across the shooting scene and his home.
At that home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, prosecutors found the bodies of the suspect’s mother, father and sister and said it was highly likely the same man killed them.
The attack shocked Poland, where gun laws are among Europe’s strictest, prompted national mourning and tighter security, and highlighted how rare military-style weapons are in a country of 37 million with about 411,000 gun permits.