A 24-year-old man who opened fire in a central Krakow square on Saturday, killing six people, has died in hospital, police said.
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Police said the 24-year-old who opened fire in a city square in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday died in hospital Monday morning.
Authorities said the man was in critical condition after police shot him to end the attack and that he had undergone several operations.
The attacker drove through the square in Krakow’s Old Town at the start of the shooting, which killed six people and wounded 15.
Police said they also found the bodies of the attacker’s sister, mother and father at his family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometres northeast of Krakow, and that the relatives likely died from gunshot wounds.
In the aftermath of the attack, mourners laid candles and flowers alongside bullet holes at the central square, a major tourist hub in Poland’s second-largest city. “I come here so as not to get caught up in a spiral of fear and anxiety,” Krakow local Maciej Sikorski said at the scene. “In a situation like this, it’s all too easy to stop living — to start being afraid instead, and just vegetate. That is something I really want to avoid.”
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