Poland’s justice minister says investigation into Kraków shooting will aim to establish if the 24-year-old acted alone – Europe live
Polish authorities are investigating a mass shooting in Kraków that left six people dead, including the attacker's family members. While initial reports suggested the 24-year-old suspect held radical far-right views, officials are now exercising caution as the investigation continues to determine if he acted alone.
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The event is a rare instance of mass violence in Poland, prompting national mourning and a complex investigation into the suspect's motives.
We are restarting our live coverage of European news after the mass shooting in Kraków, Poland’s second-largest city, over the weekend in which six people were killed.
In an update this morning, the authorities said the 24-year-old Polish attacker, who had been injured in a shootout with police, has died in hospital.
Polish prosecutors had opened a terrorism investigation after the man, from the town of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski in southeastern Poland, opened fire on Kraków’s popular Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon, killing six people, including a Briton, and injuring 17 others.
On the first of two days of national mourning declared after the rare mass shooting, police confirmed yesterday that three people found dead at the gunman’s home after the attack were his father, 53, mother, 52, and sister, 21.
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