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A man drove his car onto the Market Square and began shooting at passersby. Later, more bodies were found in his house.
A shooting took place at the Market Square in Kraków, in which six people were killed and about fifteen others were wounded, including two police officers. Later, three more bodies were found in the attacker’s house.
The attacker was wounded during his arrest and later underwent surgery, the police said, PAP and RMF24 report.
The incident occurred at about 15:00. The man drove his car onto the Market Square and started shooting from the vehicle at random pedestrians. Police returned fire, wounded the assailant, and arrested him.
Updated. In the evening, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that during a search of the attacker’s house the police found bodies. They are three people — two women and a man. According to the head of government, there are grounds to believe the deceased were his close relatives.
The prime minister also announced that Monday and Tuesday will be days of national mourning, as requested by the president.
As of 22:00, the number of victims of the attack was 9 people, including a citizen of the United Kingdom. The number of wounded is 16, including the shooter.
According to the police, Ukrainian citizens were not harmed in the Kraków shooting. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
What is known about the attacker
The man, born in 2002, who on 7 November carried out the shooting in central Kraków, is a Polish citizen from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the police said. He had no criminal record. He was detained, and the police confirmed the shooter acted alone.
According to Andrzej Fijołek, spokesman for the Chief Police Commander of Poland, the attacker fired a civilian version of the military AR-15 rifle. Poland’s defense minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, denied reports that the attacker was a servicemember. He said the man never served in the Polish Armed Forces and had no ties to the military.
Tomasz Wąsik of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków said the attacker likely shot at random passersby. // LB.ua
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