In brief
Polish police confirmed the death of Michał O., the gunman who killed six people in Krakow’s Main Market Square and shot three relatives in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Autopsies of all victims will begin Monday, while prosecutors investigate both incidents. The suspect died early Monday after being wounded during a firefight with officers.
The 24‑year‑old Polish national Michał O. died early Monday in hospital after a firefight with police, confirming reports of his death following a deadly shooting on Saturday in Krakow’s Main Market Square. Polish police said the suspect was shot while being apprehended and that he had been hospitalized in critical condition Saturday.
During the shooting, O. drove into the square around 3 p.m., fired from his vehicle, struck a tram, and then abandoned his car near Dietla and Stradomska streets where police engaged him in a prolonged firefight. The attack left six people dead in the square, including four women and two men, and injured 15 others, including two police officers.
Separately, prosecutors are investigating the murders of three members of O.’s immediate family found dead in a home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski about 90 miles north of Krakow. The three victims were two women and a man, and investigators say the killings were linked to the gunman’s gun attacks.
In a statement, the Provincial Police Headquarters in Krakow confirmed the suspect’s death and announced that further details would be released by prosecutors. The National Prosecutor’s Office said autopsies of all victims will begin Monday morning, and Prosecutor Eryk Stasielak told the Polish Press Agency that the examinations could take two days because of the complex nature of the gunshot wounds.
Politically, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there were “strong indications” that the victims in the family home were O.’s relatives, while Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński remarked that investigators believed the gunman had far‑right ideology and extreme nationalist views, though a motive had not yet been established.
Foreign Minister Beate Meinl‑Reisinger of Austria, whose wife was among those killed, said her government was “in close contact with the Polish authorities” and would provide support to the bereaved family.