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Krakow mass shooting assailant died in hospital, Polish police say

Global Published 9 November 2026, 11:53 · archived 9 Nov 2026

WARSAW: A young gunman who killed six people ​in central Krakow on Saturday ‌in Poland’s unprecedented mass shooting has died in hospital, police said early on Monday. Very ​little information has come out ​about the shooter, who was shot ⁠by police officers and arrested minutes ​after he opened fire at people ​at Krakow’s historic main square from his car. The government said the assailant, a 24-year-old from ​Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town of ​just under 60,000 in southeastern Poland, may have ‌been ⁠inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details. “There were many differe...

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