A Polish man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting spree in Krakow died in hospital on Monday, two days after he was critically wounded in a gunbattle with police, authorities said.<\/p>\n
But after he had originally been linked to the far right, prosecutors said that his reasons for killing nine people, including three family members, remained unclear.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old, dressed in military garb, allegedly opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a Krakow square killing six people.<\/p>\n
The bodies of his parents and a sister were found at the family home in another town.<\/p>\n
Two police officers, who were seriously wounded in the chase, shot the man, named by media as Michal Oksinski, at an intersection near the city’s Main Market Square.<\/p>\n
After three operations, the suspect was declared dead around 4:30 am (0330 GMT), regional authorities said.<\/p>\n
“We inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died this morning in the hospital,” regional police said in a post on X.<\/p>\n
Authorities had previously said the man had been “fascinated by far-right ideologies” and Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the shooting — the deadliest in the country since the fall of communism in 1989 — an act of “terrorism”.<\/p>\n
But at a press conference on Monday, prosecutors said that there was no evidence tying the suspect to any particular political bent.<\/p>\n
“We do not have findings that we could, in a responsible way, categorically state that he was inspired by any particular ideology,” national prosecutor’s office spokesman Przemyslaw Nowak said.<\/p>\n
“It is far too early to comment on the motives … We have not found any obvious symbols that are generally associated with a particular political movement, whether far right or far left,” he added.<\/p>\n
An interior ministry spokeswoman told Polish radio that the “many emblems and patches” on Oksinki’s clothing were being analysed as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n
– Firearms permit review –<\/p>\n
Six people, including an Austrian woman and a British man, were killed in the Krakow shooting spree, and 15 others were wounded, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
The wounded included Austrian, British, German, Portuguese and Russian nationals. The injured were in a “stable” condition on Monday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
While Oksinski’s motives are unclear, investigators are treating the shooting spree as a terrorist incident.<\/p>\n
He had no prior criminal record, according to investigators cited bye Polish media.<\/p>\n
Along with his father, the suspect was a member of a shooting club. Investigators seized 11 firearms during the search.<\/p>\n
His grandmother said Oksinski had obtained a gun licence this year, according to Polish media.<\/p>\n
Following the shooting, the interior ministry announced a review of the conditions for granting gun licences, with the licence-holder’s medical records to be updated regularly.<\/p>\n
Poland has seen a sharp uptick in the number of firearms permits. In 2025, more than 50,000 new licences were awarded, bringing the total to 411,000, according to the police.<\/p>\n
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