Kraków shooter dies in hospital: what is known about the attacker

The man who opened fire on people in Kraków last Saturday died in hospital at 4:30 a.m. on Monday. According to Krzysztof Klęczar, voivode of the Małopolska Voivodeship, speaking to the TVN24 television channel, his condition was critical from the start, and doctors fought for his life and performed at least three operations.

Fifteen of the injured remain in hospital, and their condition is unchanged and considered stable. One of the wounded police officers is in serious condition: on Sunday he was brought out of an induced coma. “His condition hasn’t changed since yesterday, and in my view that is good news, although I’m not a doctor,” the voivode said.

Who the attacker was

The perpetrator is named Michał Oksiński. He is responsible for the deaths of six people in Saturday’s shooting in Kraków and, in all likelihood, for the triple murder of his relatives, his father, mother and sister, in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Investigators are still working to establish the motive.

Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński confirmed as early as Saturday evening that the shooter was a Polish citizen from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, born in 2002. According to the minister, “everything indicates that the perpetrator held very radical views and was drawn to far-right ideologies.” An anti-terrorist unit searched his place of residence.

Where he got the weapons

According to the Onet.pl news portal, the attacker held permits for two types of firearms. He fired from a black Subaru, which, the portal reports, is registered to his 52-year-old father from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. The father held a firearms license and owned 11 firearms. According to the portal, neither man had ever appeared in police records.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz