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Gunman who killed 6 in Kraków mass shooting has died in hospital

Police say the 24-year-old suspect was inspired by far-right ideology and was shot by officers before dying in hospital.

  • Malopolska Policja announced Monday that the 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow died in hospital early this morning. The Polish attacker had been hospitalized following Saturday's attack.
  • Prosecutors say the attacker was inspired by "far-right ideologies" before opening fire in Krakow's busy Main Market Square on Saturday. The shooting began shortly before 15:00 GMT.
  • Six people died in the "terror" attack, including one British man, while another 16 people were injured. The gunman is also suspected of killing three family members in Poland.
  • Armed officers engaged in a gunfight with the suspect within three minutes of the shooting beginning. This rapid intervention prevented a further massacre in the city's historic Main Square.
  • Poland observed national mourning following the rare mass shooting, which prompted heightened security measures across the country. Authorities continue investigating the incident in the historic city.
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A gunman suspected of killing six people, including a British citizen, in Krakow, Poland on Saturday has died in hospital. Krzysztof Jan Klęczar, regional governor of Lesser Poland, said the victims included three Polish women, aged 47, 53 and 61, a 32-year-old British national and a 51-year-old woman whose nationality has not yet been confirmed but who is not Polish. The sixth victim was a Polish man, aged around 50. The suspect is also suspect…

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The 24-year-old man who opened fire in a Krakow town square, killing six people and wounding 15, has died in hospital. The man was in critical condition after being shot by police and underwent multiple surgeries. The bodies of his sister, mother and father were also found in his home.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Poland is shrouded in grief after a 24-year-old went on a deadly rampage on Saturday.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The shooter, fascinated by extreme right ideologies according to the Minister of the Interior, had killed six people on Saturday by shooting at passers-by from his vehicle. An investigation for a terrorist act is openedThe perpetrator of the shooting which killed six and wounded fifteen people on Saturday in Krakow died Monday at the hospital, the Polish police announced. The suspect had been seriously injured during an exchange of fire with the…

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The alleged perpetrator of the shooting last Saturday in Krakow, who caused six deaths and 16 injuries, and who suspects that he also killed three relatives in another locality, has died this morning in a hospital in the city, the Regional Police of Small Poland reported in a message published in X.

·Pamplona, Spain
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