Follow-Up: Krakow Gunman Dies in Hospital, Polish Police Announce Early Monday
KRAKOW — Police in Poland's Małopolska region announced early on Monday, November 9, that the gunman who shot six people dead in Krakow's Main Market Square had died in hospital. 'We would like to inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died in hospital early this morning,' Małopolska police wrote on X.
The 24-year-old Polish citizen, from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 120 miles northeast of Krakow, drove into the Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon, November 7, and fired at crowds from his car, killing four women and two men, including a British man, and wounding more than a dozen others. Shot by police during the attack, he underwent multiple surgeries and had been in critical condition. Two wounded police officers remain in hospital.
Police and prosecutors had confirmed that the three bodies found at the gunman's home were his father, 53, his mother, 52, and his sister, 21, and said it was highly likely he killed them as well. Eleven firearms were recovered from the two sites; the gunman and his family held firearms licences, and he was a member of a local shooting club. Poland's national prosecutor's office opened a terrorism investigation on November 8, and the country observed two days of national mourning on November 8 and 9.
Police have not formally identified the gunman, and his motive remains under investigation. Prosecutors have yet to say how the criminal proceedings will be closed following his death, or when findings on the three killings at his home will be released.
(Source: Małopolska Police)
Source: Małopolska Police
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