A member of law enforcement stands guard outside an apartment building where the home of a shooter who killed several people in the southern city of Krakow is located, in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland November 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in a shooting at a historic square in Poland’s Krakow on Saturday has died in hospital, police said early on Monday. Very little information has been released about him, Reuters reported.
Officers later found additional weapons and ammunition inside his vehicle, according to the reports. In a separate development, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities had found the bodies of the shooter’s parents and sister, with apparent gunshot wounds, at their family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The suspect was shot by police officers and arrested shortly after opening fire from his car at the city’s Main Market Square. Police shot and wounded him before taking him into custody. Sources indicated that the shooter could have killed them before heading towards Kraków’s Main Market Square. However, Authorities have not publicly established the circumstances of their deaths.
The shooting left six people dead, including a British national, and 15 others injured.
“These patches were associated with various motifs that are currently being analysed by specialists,” she added, declining to provide further details while the investigation continues. The gunman allegedly drove through the city’s busy Main Market Square in military-style clothing before opening fire on pedestrians and other targets. Suspected far-right links under investigation