Gunman suspected of killing six people in Polish city of Krakow has died, police say
- The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday died in the hospital early Monday after multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds sustained in a shootout with police.
- Investigators discovered the bodies of the suspect's parents and sister at his family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, about 93 miles from Krakow, suggesting he killed them before driving to the city.
- Off-Duty surgeons Michal Pedziwiatr and Mateusz Wierdak provided critical care to a wounded police officer during the attack. The shooter and his father held permits for 11 firearms.
- Prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation, though officials appeared to walk back initial claims of a far-right motive on Monday, prompting opposition politicians to demand transparency on the evidence.
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the shooting an 'act of terrorism' amid heightened political polarization, intensifying anxiety ahead of Wednesday's annual Independence March in the deeply divided nation.
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In the Polish Cracow, tens of thousands of people were thinking of the victims of the firearms attack on Saturday with a march of silence.
The Times of Northwest Indiana
Poland plans silent march after shooting
WARSAW — Poland planned a silent march through Krakow on Monday evening as the country tries to come to terms with an unprecedented mass shooting in which a Polish man killed six people on the southern city's main square.
Interior Minister’s statements about the attacker’s supposed “fascination” toward the far right fuel the political battle in Poland
Krakow holds silent march after mass shooting
Thousands of people took part in a silent march through Krakow on Monday evening along with Poland's president and prime minister as the country tries to come to terms with an unprecedented mass shooting, in which a Polish man killed six people on the southern city's main square. Relations between Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Karol Nawrocki are tense, but they appear to want a display of national unity over an incident that has shock…
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Political rivals in Poland stood together on Monday to remember the victims of Saturday's deadly shooting in Krakow.
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