Krakow shooting suspect dies in hospital
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
The suspect in the shooting in Krakow, Poland, has died in hospital two days after being seriously wounded in a shootout with police. The attack left six people dead and around 15 injured, while authorities suspect a total of nine murders, according to AFP.
The 24-year-old suspect accused of killing six people on Saturday in Krakow died in hospital on Monday, two days after being seriously wounded in a shootout with police, according to Polish police, as cited by AFP. Authorities had said he opened fire in the city centre before being shot by law enforcement officers.
The death toll could reach nine, as the bodies of three people, identified as his parents and sister, were found at their home about two hours' drive from Krakow, according to the authorities. In addition to the six people killed in the shooting, around 15 others were injured, including several foreign nationals.
Polish authorities said the suspect was fascinated by far-right ideologies. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the shooting, the country's deadliest since the end of communism in 1989, as an act of terrorism.
The suspect's death comes after the opening of an anti-terrorism investigation and as police had established that the gunman was wearing a skeleton badge, according to Polish authorities.
