3 dead found in Krakow shooting suspect's family home: Polish authorities

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Nov 8, 2026
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AI GeneratedPoland has declared two days of national mourning following a terrorist attack in Krakow's main market square. A Polish man in his mid-20s opened fire randomly, killing six people and wounding 15 others. The suspect was arrested at the scene and is in critical condition, while three additional bodies—believed to be his family—were found at his home.
Poland begins two days
of national mourning today after yesterday's shooting in Krakow's
main market square which left six people dead and 15 others wounded.
Poland's defense minister
has come out saying that this attack was an act of terror.
Police shot and arrested the suspect
at the scene and then they later found another three people dead inside
of the suspect's home.
Journalist Oli Barrett joins us now from London
with more on this story. So what's the latest
This is the latest that we're hearing
from the officials on the shooter.
Natasha, we're told that the shooter is a suspect in his mid-20s
who is Polish, who was wearing military-style attire at the time
of the shooting in Krakow, where we're told that he seemed
to be firing at random at people who were there at the time.
Part of the square in Krakow remains cordoned off this evening,
Europe time, as investigations continue.
And while the suspect was dressed in that so-called military attire.
Officials say that he's not believed
to have had any actual military background
or to have been actually a soldier.
Officials do say that 11 firearms have
been recovered from the suspect's property
and that would tally with the amount of firearms we understand
that were licensed to the suspect and also the suspect's father.
Government ministers are describing
the individual as having far-right ideologies.
The government minister speaking earlier described him
as an ultra-nationalist, and we're also being told
by the justice minister that this is all now in terms of the
investigations being handled by the prosecutor's office, which, quote,
is responsible for handling proceedings concerning terrorist offences.
Now, the two episodes that we're talking about in Krakow and then
also at the suspect's home, those were according to the...
Government in Poland both come
with the maximum potential penalty of life imprisonment.
As I say, this suspect is believed to be in his mid-20s
and we're told still in a critical condition in hospital.
Let's talk about the other people in hospital.
What do we know so far about the victims?
We know that the victims who are in hospital, Natasha,
are all said to be in a stable condition at the moment.
There were 15 of those people who were injured in some way.
They had a victim list that contained a number of nationalities,
foreign nationals from Austria, Germany, Portugal, Russia and Britain,
two police officers also among the injured.
in terms of those people who lost their lives.
One of them was a British citizen.
We have heard today, recently from officials,
that one of them was a 51-year-old Austrian woman.
The other victims were Polish nationals.
The three people who were found dead at the suspect's house
have been confirmed by officials that they believe
that they are the father, mother and sister of the suspect.
And they say that those...
individuals, sustained injuries that would
be assessed initially as gunshot wounds.
As I say, investigations very much ongoing at the suspect's house,
but also at the scene
of the larger shooting in that square in Krakow.
Oli Barrett in London.
Thank you.
