Kraków shooter dies in hospital
Authorities are still investigating the 24-year-old's motive for the mass shooting that killed at least 6 people.
A Polish man, identified as Michał O., aged 24, died in a hospital on Monday after shooting six people in Kraków's main square on Saturday. The masked attacker opened fire on unsuspecting passersby, killing six individuals, including a British national, and injuring 16, with 12 of them still in critical condition. Police swiftly shot and detained the assailant, following which his parents and sister were found dead at their family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a town approximately 140 kilometers northeast of Kraków.
Local police informed the public that the perpetrator had died in the hospital early Monday. Initially, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński suggested that the suspect was influenced by extreme right-wing ideologies, but later, he stated that the motives behind the attack were still unclear. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed his condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims, praised the heroic actions of the police officers who risked their lives, and called upon politicians to refrain from exploiting the tragedy.
Authorities are investigating the deaths of the suspect's family members alongside the Kraków attack and have initiated a terrorism probe.
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