British teenager injured during Krakow mass shooting named and pictured

British teenager injured during Krakow mass shooting named and pictured

Harry Marchant was injured during the attack (Picture: North Yorkshire Police) A British teenager is in stable condition after being shot by a gunman in Kraków, Poland. Harry Marchant, 19, from York, suffered a gunshot wound during the Saturday shooting that killed six people and injured 16 people. The gunman, Michał Oksiński, 24, opened fire at the city’s medieval market square, Rynek Główny, at about 3pm. Harry was caught in the crossfire, his family said in a statement shared by police today. Harry’s family said he’s in a stable condition (Picture: North Yorkshire Police) ‘We are pleased to say he is now in a stable condition, receiving ongoing hospital treatment,’ the family said. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. ‘We can’t express how grateful we are to the first responders, medical team and the people of Poland for their help and care for Harry. ‘We ask for our privacy to be respected as we support Harry with his recovery.’ Victim was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’ Those killed include three Polish women aged 47, 53 and 61, a Polish man in his 50s, a 32-year-old British man and a 51-year-old Austrian woman. One of the women was named locally yesterday as Izabela Woźna, 53, an artist and mother of four. Izabela, from Chodzież, a town in western Poland, had opened a new art exhibition at a venue on Sławkowska Street, Kraków, on Friday. Izabela Woźna was a painter She had four children, two 11-year-old twins (Picture: ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURES) ‘She derived a great deal of satisfaction from her art and painting,’ Chodzież mayor Jacek Gursz told Poland’s TVN24. ‘She exhibited her work all over Europe. And she was certainly happy. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.’ Oksinski killed his sister and parents at his family’s flat in Ostrowiec Świętokrzysk, a town 130 miles north east of Kraków, the night before. Magdalena, 21, was a third-year student at the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków. She was visiting for the weekend when her brother killed her. Driving to Kraków in a black Subaru SUV, police say that Oksiński used an automatic rifle to ‘randomly’ shoot at civilians in the tourist hotspot. Witnesses described hundreds of people fleeing from the square, sheltering in shops and cafes as the front window glass shattered. Magdalena The mass shooting lasted three minutes, ending when an officer shot Oksiński. Oksiński died in a hospital on Monday from gunshot wounds. The motive is still unclear. While raiding Oksiński’s family’s home, officers found seven firearms and a Gadsden flag – a yellow banner with a coiled rattlesnake and the phrase, ‘don’t tread on me’, which is used by US right-wing movements. During the attack, the suspect wore military-style tactical gear, though officials say he has no ties to the army. Politicians have said Oksiński, who worked as a lathe operator, had ‘far-right’ and ‘ultra-nationalist’ beliefs. Police prosecutors opened an investigation into the mass shooting on Monday, saying such attacks ‘constitute a terrorist offence’. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Locals described the alleged gunman to Fakt, a Polish tabloid newspaper, as an ‘aloof’ man who ‘always’ wore black. ‘He’s a little strange. He never spoke. If he did speak – which was rare – he’d just say hello,’ one neighbour said. ‘Otherwise, he’d keep his hood pulled over his head.’ Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: EasyJet launches 7 dazzling new routes from 5 UK airports Arrow MORE: Poland sends ‘significant’ security forces to Russian border after ‘disturbing movement’ Arrow MORE: Six flights including two from UK grounded by bomb threats across Europe News Updates Stay on top of the headlines with daily email updates.

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