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A 24-year-old man, Michal Oksiński, opened fire in Krakow’s Main Square, killing six people, including three family members, before dying in hospital. Sixteen others sustained injuries in the attack, including foreign nationals from the UK, Portugal, Russia, Germany, and Austria.
The investigation is ongoing, with authorities confirming the recovery of ammunition in the vehicle used by the suspect. Sixteen individuals were reported injured during the incident, with five foreign nationals among those hurt.
Authorities have confirmed that Michal Oksiński, the gunman responsible for the shooting in Krakow, died in hospital this morning. Local officials are now focusing on evaluating security measures in public spaces to prevent similar incidents in the future.
What remains unclear — Authorities have yet to confirm the precise motive behind the shooting, despite citing the shooter’s fascination with far-right ideologies.
Krakow gunman killed three family members and two cats before shooting spree
The 24-year-old man alleged to have opened fire in Krakow’s main square died in hospital this morning, authorities have confirmed (Picture: AFP)
A gunman believed to killed six people in the centre of Krakow died in hospital this morning, police have said.
Michal Oksiński killed three members of his own family and two cats before he opened fire in the Polish city’s Main Square.
A British man was among people shot dead in the suspected terror attack, with the 24-year-old suspect also thought to have killed three members of his own family.
Oksiński’s 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother, and 20-year-old sister were all found dead in the beds with gunshot wounds to their heads, Polish outlet Fakt said.
‘At least eight shots were fired. Each victim was shot at least twice in the head’, a source told the paper.
In an update this morning on X , Malopolska Policja said: ‘We would like to confirm the perpetrator of the tragic events died in hospital this morning.’
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Some 16 people, including another British citizen, were left injured following the shooting in Main Square on Saturday afternoon.
Four women and two men were killed, with local authorities confirming three of the women and one man were Polish.
Six people were killed in the attack in Main Square, with the perpetrator believed to have also killed three family members (Picture: Reuters)
Other the injured, five were foreign nationals,, from the UK, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.
Officers found three bodies while searching the alleged attacker’s home in in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city 93 miles from Krakow.
They were later identified as his sister, mother and father.
The suspected gunman, known only as Michal O, was arrested on a nearby street after attempting to escape in a car.
He is believed to have discharged an AR-15-style rifle, a civilian version of a military-style gun, and ammunition was recovered inside the vehicle.
Two officers were injured in a gunfire exchange with the alleged attacker, officials confirmed.
Officers and forensic investigators on the scene of the shooting, which also left 16 people injured (Picture: AFP)
While the motive for the shooting remains unclear, authorities cited the shooter as being ‘fascinated by far-right ideologies’.
Michal was described as an ‘aloof’ man who always donned black clothes.
A local told tabloid Fakt: ”He’s a little strange. He never spoke. If he did speak – which was rare – he’d just say hello,.
‘Otherwise, he’d keep his hood pulled over his head.’
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