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Deadly mass shooting in Poland investigated as terror act, prosecutor says

Deadly mass shooting in Poland investigated as terror act, prosecutor says

Summary

Polish prosecutors opened an investigation into the Krakow shooting as a suspected terrorist act after at least six people were killed in a market square on Saturday. The 24-year-old suspected shooter remains in critical condition under police guard; investigators have not found evidence that anyone else was involved.

Key Facts

  • At least six people were killed in the shooting in Krakow, according to regional police.
  • Police shot and wounded the suspected attacker during a chase.
  • Authorities found the suspected attacker’s father, mother and sister dead in his apartment in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.
  • Prosecutors are preparing six murder charges and said the total could rise to nine if investigators link the attacker to his family members’ deaths.
  • The suspected attacker has undergone several operations and has not yet been formally detained or questioned.
  • Police said two injured officers survived; one was brought out of a medically induced coma, while the other remained in one.
  • Police reported that injured people included 11 Polish nationals and five foreign nationals.
  • A 32-year-old British man was among those killed; one woman who died has not yet been identified.
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