A gunman opened fire at a crowded market in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday, killing six people and injuring 17. The parents and sister of the 25-year-old attacker were also found dead at his home.
Three of those killed were Polish women and one was British, while the other two victims have yet to be identified. The injured included 10 Polish nationals and five foreign nationals from Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Russia.
The last attack to shock Poland took place in 2019, when a man stabbed and killed the mayor of Gdansk.
The gunman died in hospital today after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police. Two officers were also injured, one of them seriously. The attacker was wearing military-style camouflage clothing and a bulletproof vest. Police also found additional weapons and ammunition in his car.
Authorities are treating the shooting as a terrorist attack and are investigating the gunman’s motives. According to Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński, the attacker held far-right views.
Poland has been in national mourning since midnight yesterday. The last attack to shock the country, considered one of the safest in Central Europe, occurred in 2019, when a man stabbed and killed the mayor of Gdansk.
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