Krakow Shooting Suspect Dies in Hospital Following Mass Attack
· World · The Independent, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg
The 24-year-old Polish national suspected of killing six people in a mass shooting in Krakow has died in hospital. The suspect, who was shot by police during the incident at the city's Main Market Square on Saturday, had been in critical condition. Authorities are treating the attack as a terror incident, noting the suspect's suspected far-right ideology. Police also discovered the bodies of the suspect’s parents and sister at his family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski. The investigation into the attacker’s background and potential radical group affiliations remains ongoing.
Why it matters
The death of the suspect complicates the investigation into the motive behind the attack, which has left six dead and 15 injured, including a British national.
Read the original report — The Independent
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