The key facts
- A classmate told the outlet Interia that Michal O. drew a school attack and depicted himself with a pistol
- On November 7, six people were killed and 15 wounded on Krakow's Main Market Square, including two police officers
- The bodies of the suspect's parents and sister were found at his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski; prosecutors are handling the case as a terrorist act
Classmate on the suspect's drawings
Michal O., detained after the shooting in central Krakow, had drawn scenes of a school attack as early as his school years: in one of the drawings he depicted himself with a pistol. This was recounted by his former classmate, whose words are cited by the Polish outlet Interia (retold by Life.ru). According to the woman, when classmates asked Michal what he had drawn, he replied that it was an attack on a school, and that the person with the weapon was himself. She also recalled that he once joined a remote lesson wearing a gas mask.
What happened on November 7
The shooting took place on November 7 on Krakow's Main Market Square: the attacker opened fire from a car. Six people were killed and 15 more were wounded, including two police officers. The 24-year-old Michal O. himself was wounded during his detention and taken to hospital.
Investigation and mourning
During a search of Michal O.'s house in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, the bodies of his parents and sister were found with gunshot wounds. Polish prosecutors are investigating the shooting as a terrorist act; the investigation covers two episodes, the first of which concerns the killing of six people and the attempted murder of others on the Main Market Square. In connection with the attack, November 8 and 9 have been declared days of national mourning in the country.
Context and limitations
The information about the drawings comes from a single former classmate as retold by Interia; the suspect himself, according to available reports, is wounded and in hospital, so his version of events has not yet been published. The motives for the attack and the circumstances of his relatives' deaths are not disclosed in the publications — these questions, it appears, fall within the scope of the prosecutors' investigation.
