Krakow mass shooting assailant died in hospital, Polish police say


FILE PHOTO: Police officers work, following a mass shooting, in Krakow, Poland, November 8, 2026. Jakub Wlodek/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/via REUTERS/File Photo

WARSAW, Nov 9 (Reuters) - ⁠A young gunman who killed ⁠six people in central Krakow on ‌Saturday in Poland's unprecedented mass shooting has died in hospital, police said early on Monday.

Very ​little information has come out ⁠about the shooter, ⁠who was shot by police officers and ⁠arrested ‌minutes after he opened fire at people at Krakow's historic ⁠main square from his car.

The government ​said the ‌assailant, a 24-year-old from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, ⁠a ​town of just under 60,000 in southeastern Poland, may have been inspired by ⁠far-right ideology, without providing further ​details.

"There were many different emblems on the perpetrator’s clothing that have been partially examined ⁠and interpreted," Karolina Galecka, an interior ministry spokeswoman, told radio TOK FM on Monday.

"These patches were associated with various ​motifs that are ⁠currently being analyzed by specialists," she added, ​declining to comment further ‌as the investigation is ​ongoing.

(Reporting by Marek Strzelecki; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Thomas Derpinghaus)

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