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A 24-year-old man suspected of killing six people in a shooting at a crowded market square in Poland’s Krakow has died in hospital, police said on Monday (November 9).
The suspect, identified by local media as Michal O, died early Monday while receiving treatment for critical injuries sustained in a shootout with police.
In a statement posted on X, Malopolska police said the main suspect in the tragic incident had died in hospital early in the morning.
The shooting took place on Saturday afternoon at the historic Main Market Square in central Krakow, leaving six people dead, including a British national, and 17 others injured.
Polish prosecutors have launched a terrorism-related investigation into the incident. Investigators suspect the gunman may have been influenced by far-right ideology.
Polish Interior Ministry spokesperson Karolina Galetska told Radio TOK FM on Monday that the suspect’s clothing bore various symbols and markings, some of which had been preliminarily examined. Experts are investigating their possible links to different ideologies.
On Sunday, police said three bodies had been recovered from the suspect’s home. They were identified as his 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister.
Five foreign nationals from the UK, Austria, Germany, Portugal and Russia were among the injured. Two police officers were also wounded, one of them seriously.
