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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