Three found dead at home of gunman who killed six in Krakow, Polish PM says
Police said the suspect opened fire from a moving car and later killed three family members at home as investigators probed a possible far-right motive.
- On Saturday, a 25-year-old Polish gunman killed six people and injured at least 15 in Krakow's Main Market Square before police shot and subdued him during a confrontation.
- Police discovered three additional bodies at the suspect's home following the attack; Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, citing drone footage, said there is "much to suggest" they were the suspect's immediate family members.
- Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Moradski confronted the shooter during the rampage, with Prime Minister Tusk calling them "true heroes" who "saved many lives."
- Poland will observe two days of national mourning beginning Sunday and Monday, with Prime Minister Tusk telling a press conference the attack represents "until now in Poland we haven't had such drastic cases of terrorism."
- U.S. Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose condemned the violence on X, writing "America stands with Poland at this dark hour," as authorities investigate the suspect's potential far-right motivations.
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The authorities investigate as a terrorist offence the attack carried out by a 24-year-old with ultra-nationalist and far-right inclinations.In parallel, the police found the parents and the suspect's sister dead in the family home with apparent gunshot wounds.
George Simion attacks Donald Tusk and the Polish government after the terrorist attack in Krakow, after which six people died. The leader of the AUR party claims that the attacker who opened the fire in Krakow was "with clear convictions of the far left.
For investigators, the 24-year-old who killed six people yesterday in the Polish city market square had ultra-nationalist ideas. He went every Sunday to a shooting range
Israeli FM extends condolences over Krakow mass shooting
Poland’s interior minister said the gunman appeared to hold “very radical views” and was “fascinated by far-right ideologies.” By JNS Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed condolences following Saturday’s mass shooting in Krakow, Poland that killed six and wounded 16. Authorities said four women and two men died at the scene. One was a British citizen. The shooting took place at Krakow’s main market square, a popular tourist destination,…
A man fired at passers-by in a very touristic area of Krakow, armed with a semi-automatic rifle. The suspect was injured by the police, he is still in hospital.
The Polish Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Sunday that it had opened an investigation for a "terrorist act" following the killing of six people.
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