KRAKOW (Azat TV) – The 24-year-old gunman who carried out a mass shooting in Krakow’s historic Main Market Square on Saturday, November 7, 2026, died in hospital early on Monday, November 9, 2026, police announced. The suspect had been undergoing medical treatment under police guard following a police shootout that ended the attack, which left six people dead and 16 wounded in Poland’s second-largest city.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the fatality toll from Saturday’s violence included a British citizen and an Austrian national, while foreign nationals from Austria, Germany, Portugal, Russia, and Britain were among those injured in the crowded tourist hub.
Investigation Shifts to Family Deaths
Following the suspect’s death in hospital, the scope of the criminal investigation expanded north to the suspect’s hometown of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, located approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Krakow. Local law enforcement officers searched the suspect’s family residence and discovered the bodies of his parents and sister, all bearing gunshot wounds.
Daniel Prokopowicz, a spokesperson for the Prosecutor’s Office, stated that it was “highly likely” that the killings in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski and the mass shooting in Krakow were perpetrated by the same individual, though formal investigations remain ongoing. Authorities also recovered seven firearms and a significant quantity of ammunition from the family property in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.
Political Scrutiny Over Motive
The ongoing inquiry has also triggered political friction regarding the official characterization of the gunman’s motives. On Saturday, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski asserted in preliminary statements that the attacker appeared to have been inspired by far-right ideology.
That assessment faced immediate pushback from opposition politicians. Przemyslaw Czarnek, deputy head of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, publicly questioned the interior minister’s claims on social media platform X, writing that if Kierwinski had misinformed the public, he should face political consequences and demanding immediate explanations regarding the basis of the statement. Investigators have confirmed that the suspect belonged to a local shooting club, but further details regarding his background and affiliations remain under review.