The key facts
- Mass shooting in Kraków on November 7: six dead, 16 wounded, the attacker was injured and hospitalized.
- Poland's Ministry of Internal Affairs: the shooter is a citizen of Poland from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship; the version about far-right views requires confirmation.
- The police refuted reports about a second participant in the attack and the death of a police officer.
What happened in Kraków
On November 7, in the center of the Polish city of Kraków, a man opened fire on random passersby from a car on the Main Market Square, then engaged in a shootout with police. According to the latest reports, six people were killed and 16 more were wounded. The attacker himself was injured and taken to a hospital. This was reported by Life.ru.
The version about the attacker's motives
The head of Poland's Ministry of Internal Affairs Marcin Kierwiński, at a press conference, which was broadcast by the TVP Info channel, stated that the shooter was believed to have held far-right and nationalist views. 'Everything indicates that the shooter professed very radical views,' the minister said, while clarifying that the version about the attacker's adherence to far-right ideology still needs to be confirmed. According to him, the shooter is a citizen of Poland and lived in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship; law enforcement continues to examine the circumstances of the attack and possible motives.
What the police refuted
The Polish police refuted earlier reports about a second participant in the attack: according to law enforcement, the shooter acted alone. Reports of the death of one of the police officers also turned out to be false. In addition, additional weapons and ammunition were found in the attacker's car.
What remains unclear
No final conclusions about the attacker's motives have been made yet: the minister himself noted that the version about radical views requires confirmation. The findings of the investigation into the circumstances of the shootout have not been published, nor have data on the condition of the wounded attacker and the victims.
