Krakow Gunman Dies; Motive Still Unclear, Prosecutors Say
Police said the attacker was shot by officers, and investigators are examining possible extremist links and 11 recovered firearms.
- On Monday, police confirmed that 24-year-old suspect Michal Oksinski died in the hospital following Saturday's shooting in Krakow's Main Market Square that killed six people and wounded about 15.
- Investigators discovered Oksinski's parents and sister dead at their family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, expanding the death toll to nine. Authorities seized 11 firearms from the home and vehicle, all matching permits held by Oksinski and his father.
- Polish officials classified the shooting as an act "constituting a terrorist offence." Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski alleged the gunman was fascinated by far-right ideology, a claim Law and Justice leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski rejected as a "blatant lie."
- Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday, with Krakow's mayor declaring a period of mourning through Wednesday. Residents and visitors gathered at a makeshift memorial in the Main Market Square to light candles honoring the victims.
- Deadly shootings remain extremely rare in Poland, a nation of 38 million people. The recovery of 11 legally held firearms has prompted officials to scrutinize licensing and storage regulations to determine if any warning signs reached authorities before the attack.
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The 24-year-old attacker died in the hospital after being injured by the police; the prosecution investigates whether he acted motivated by extremist ideology, but rules out conclusive evidence of his political ties
Tourists continue to take pictures in the beautiful square of the Krakow Market , the terraces are full of customers who enjoy their beers and coffees caressed by the dim rays of the autumn sun and the bells give the hours with their sad toll as the pigeons dive over the bread crumbs that let the passers-by fall. Two days after the shooting that sowed panic in this square and reaped six lives , it seems that normality has returned to the center …
Poland in mourning and in shock, the highest alert for the Feast of Independence (ANSA)
According to the police, the perpetrator of the firearms attack in the Polish city of Krakow is dead. According to the police, the 24-year-old died of his injuries in the hospital. The man had opened fire on passers-by on Saturday in the historic market square of the city. Six people died.
After killing his own family, a 24-year-old man shot and killed six people in a central square in Krakow, a tragedy that is now shaking Poland, raising fears of a new wave of digital radicalization and deepening political divisions.
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