Fundraising appeal launched to help British teenager injured in Krakow shooting

An appeal has been launched to help repatriate a 19-year-old British man who was injured in the shooting in the Polish city of Krakow.Six people, including a British man, were killed by a gunman on November 7, and Polish police said another 15 people were injured.One of those injured has been identified as Harry Marchant, from York.Mr Marchant's family said in a statement through North Yorkshire Police: 'We would like to confirm that our son, Harry Marchant, was injured during the incident in Poland over the weekend.'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 online appeal has been set up to help bring Mr Marchant back to the UK once he is fit to travel. Harry Marchant, 19, from York, suffered a gunshot wound in the horror attack in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday at around 3pm local time Michal Oksiński, pictured by local media, allegedly murdered his family before driving into the city's historic Main Market square and opening fire on crowds, killing six more people People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial in the Main Market Square following the Saturday mass shooting in KrakowThe organiser stressed the appeal is not to fund his medical care, as this is covered.But 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.'The 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.The Polish national was believed to have been inspired by 'far-right ideologies'.The attacker, from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski in the country's south-east, is said to have driven a black Subaru into the crowded square before randomly firing a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle.He was dressed in military-style green fatigues and what appeared to be a helmet and body armour. Mother-of-four Izabela Woźna from Chodzież in Poland has been revealed as one of the victims in the Krakow shooting The gunman's sister Magdalena Oksińska was reportedly found dead in the family home alongside her parents Authorities later found three dead bodies at the suspected gunman's family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 93 miles northeast of Krakow.Police said on Sunday they were the bodies of his sister, mother and father.Visual artist Izabela Woźna from Chodzież in Poland has been named as one of the people killed in the shooting.The 53-year-old had four children and was set to open an art exhibition in Krakow later this week.Paying tribute to the mother, Chodzież Mayor Jacek Gursz said: 'She derived a great deal of satisfaction from her art and painting. She exhibited her work all over Europe. And she was certainly happy. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.'Mr Gursz announced that a concert in memory of Ms Woźna would be held in her home town on Thursday. Meanwhile, a fundraiser has been set up to support her children.Details on the gunman's family, who authorities found in their beds with two gunshot wounds to their heads each, have also emerged.The family lived in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, in south-eastern Poland. His sister, a 21-year-old student at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, has been named locally as Magdalena Oksińska. Footage shows the heroic moment an injured police officer stumbles onto his feet to continue shooting the Krakow gunman Images from the scene show the alleged gunman in military-style fatigues. The weapon, a rifle, lies on the ground nearby Emergency personnel work at the site of the shooting near the main market square in Krakow A woman cries as she mourns next to a makeshift memorial on Slawkowska street next to the Main MarketNeighbours described her as a 'very talented girl' who had always been a 'good student and a beautiful painter'.University professor at Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, Andrzej Bednarczyk, paid tribute to the young student, saying: 'Nothing will be the same again.'The extra-curricular activity centre in her hometown, which she had attended, described her as an 'exceptionally gifted artist' and a 'sensitive, hard-working, modest and warm person'.The young artist had previously had her work exhibited at the Ostrowiec Art Exhibition Office in 2024.Her parents have not been named, but Polish media reported that her father was 53 and her mother 52.The family's two cats were also found dead in their home.This is a breaking news story, more to follow.