Kraków shooting: three bodies found in gunman’s home in Poland

Police have found the bodies of three people, two women and a man, in the home of 24-year-old Michał O., who carried out the shooting in Kraków. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced this at a security briefing, and police in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship confirmed the discovery. The investigation is ongoing.

According to Tusk, there are many indications that the victims were members of the attacker’s immediate family. The house is in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Police said on social media that investigators are working at the scene.

“An ordinary, quiet family”

A Polsat News reporter says neighbors described the shooter’s family as calm and ordinary. They also mentioned that the young man had been seen behaving in a suspicious, worrying way, but no one wanted to report it to the authorities.

The attack in Kraków was carried out using a black Subaru, which, according to Onet, is registered to the shooter’s 52-year-old father. The father holds a firearms license and owns 11 firearms, none of which had previously appeared in police records. According to the Polish armed forces, the attacker himself held a legal sport shooting permit and had two firearms registered in his name; he is a member of a shooting club in Starachowice. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said police are pursuing the theory that the father’s weapons were used.

Victims and national mourning

According to Polish police chief Marek Boroń, six people died in Kraków: four women and two men. Among them are three Polish women and one British man; two other victims have not yet been identified. Of the 16 injured, including the attacker himself, 11 are Polish citizens and five are foreigners; the Portuguese government has confirmed that a Portuguese citizen is among the injured.

Poland has declared national mourning for November 9 and 10. The decision came in response to a proposal from President Karol Nawrocki, who had originally suggested mourning on November 8 and 9. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no information so far about any Czech citizens among the victims.

Tusk urges people not to spread fake news

At a press conference, Tusk asked people not to give in to rumors. He said that after such a large-scale event, all sorts of information circulates, which is understandable, but deliberate disinformation is unforgivable. He urged people to trust only information from the police, firefighters, the mayor and the voivode over the coming hours.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz