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Krakow shooting suspect dies in hospital

The Independent·Anna Loren·2 days ago
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A gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow has died in hospital, police in Poland have announced.

The local police force announced his death on X on Monday morning.

Prosecutors earlier said that investigators are treating the deadly attack as a terror incident.

At least six people were killed and 15 injured in the mass shooting , which was suspected to be inspired by far-right ideology.

The gunman drove into the city’s busy Main Market Square around 3pm on Saturday and began firing at random people from his moving car, the Małopolska police reported.

A man takes picture of bullet holes in the wall on Slawkowska street (AFP/Getty)

Police only identified the suspect as a 24-year-old Polish national from the town of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.…

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