Krakow shooting suspect dies in hospital

A gunman suspected of killing six people in Krakow has died in hospital, police in Poland have announced.The local police force announced his death on X on Monday morning.Prosecutors earlier said that investigators are treating the deadly attack as a terror incident.At least six people were killed and 15 injured in the mass shooting, which was suspected to be inspired by far-right ideology.The gunman drove into the city’s busy Main Market Square around 3pm on Saturday and began firing at random people from his moving car, the Małopolska police reported.A man takes picture of bullet holes in the wall on Slawkowska street (AFP/Getty)Police only identified the suspect as a 24-year-old Polish national from the town of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski. He was wearing tactical attire and carrying a military-style rifle, they said.A British national was among the six people killed, police said. Five foreign nationals injured in the shooting came from Britain, Austria, Germany, Portugal and Russia, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said.Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the bodies of two women and one man had been found at the suspect’s home, which is just under 125 miles north of Krakow.Police said on Sunday they were the bodies of his sister, mother and father, and they are believed to have been shot.Shattered glass from the windows of an outdoor restaurant after the shooting in the Main Market Square (Getty)Footage on social media shows an armed police officer approaching the gunman, who appears to be wearing tactical gear and lying on the ground with a rifle beside him.Sirens can be heard as the officer appears to fire six shots towards him before dropping to his knees.The assailant is believed to have used an AR-15 rifle, according to police, who found a military-style backpack, magazines and a bayonet in the boot of the car, according to Radio Kielce.Defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, however, said the suspect was not a soldier and had no links to the military. According to local media, neither the suspect nor his father had a criminal record. The Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime was analysing the attacker’s online activity to see whether he belonged to radical groups.Local police have launched a blood appeal for officer Jakub Kulik, who is fighting for his life in hospital.The force said the senior constable had confronted the armed attacker and suffered serious injuries.