Poland Mourns Six Killed In Krakow Shooting Rampage
Police said the gunman opened fire at random and was linked to far-right ideologies, while investigators seized seven firearms and launched a terrorism probe.
- On Saturday, a 24-year-old Polish national opened fire at random in Krakow's historic center, killing six people in an attack Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an act of "terrorism."
- Authorities later found three more bodies at the suspect's home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, around 150 kilometres northeast of Krakow, identifying the shooter as Michal O., who had no previous criminal record.
- Among the 15 wounded were nationals from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal, and Russia, while police officer Jakub Kulik remains in serious condition after confronting the gunman without hesitation.
- Krakow's Main Market Square remained sealed off on Sunday as mourners gathered with candles, and Warsaw announced two days of national mourning starting Sunday to honor the victims.
- Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski reported that authorities said the gunman was "fascinated by far-right ideologies" after seizing seven firearms from his flat and weapons from his vehicle.
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Among the dead and injured in yesterday's terrorist attack in Krakow are citizens of five countries: Great Britain, Austria, Germany, Russia and Portugal
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