Family of British teen injured in Krakow shooting beg for help to bring him home

The family of a British teenager badly injured in last week’s Krakow shooting have launched a GoFundMe appeal to help repatriate him.Harry, from York, is now recovering in a Polish hospital but needs help getting back home to the UK once he has healed from his wounds, his family said.In a statement issued through North Yorkshire Police, they said: “We would like to confirm that our son, Harry Marchant, was injured during the incident in Poland over the weekend.Harry Marchant, 19, from York, suffered a gunshot wound when a gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Square, killing sixPA“We are pleased to say he is now in a stable condition, receiving ongoing hospital treatment.“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.”North Yorkshire Police said the force is assisting the family and confirmed Mr Marchant suffered a gunshot wound.An GoFundMe appeal has been set up to help bring Mr Merchant back to the UK once he is fit to travel, and has already raised more than £8,000 out of its target of £13,000.The organiser stressed the appeal is not to fund his medical care, as this is covered.A bullet hole is seen in the coffee garden window at the Main Market in KrakowAFP/GettyBut she said: “We are raising funds to help bring him safely home to the UK once medically fit to travel, this is likely to be by land as flying may not be an option due to injury.“It is also to support his ongoing mental health needs throughout his future, back in the UK.”Another British man who was among the two men and four women killed in the shooting in Krakow’s Main Square on Saturday afternoon has not been named.The 24-year-old gunman, who is also suspected of killing three members of his own family, was taken to hospital after he was shot by police but died later.Participants light candles during a mourning rally for the victims in Krakow, PolandAFP/GettyThe Polish national was believed to have been inspired by “far-right ideologies”.Authorities found three dead bodies at the suspected gunman’s family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 93 miles north-east of Krakow.Read MorePolice said on Sunday they were the bodies of his sister, mother and father, and they are believed to have been shot.Polish officials are working on the theory that the suspected killer was influenced by right-wing extremism.He had visited websites about Norwegian mass ‌killer Anders Behring Breivik, Poland's justice minister said on Tuesday.