Krakow shooting suspect dies in hospital, police say

A 24-year-old gunman who killed six people in Krakow’s historic Main Market Square on Saturday has died in hospital, police announced early on Monday.

Police said the attacker opened fire from his car, was shot by officers and taken into custody minutes after the attack. The government added the suspect may have been motivated by far‑right ideology, though no details were given.

Two police officers wounded in the incident were reported to have emerged from comas on Sunday.

Professor Michal Pędziwiatr told the BBC: "We saw the shooting attack. And what a surgeon can do in a situation like this?... We decided to help the victims as soon as possible." He said his team rushed into the area because no ambulances or medical professionals were present, and that his colleague Dr Mateusz Wierdak used his hand to stem the bleeding of a severely injured policeman, buying time for an ambulance.

Witnesses near the square described panic. Ruby Catherine Warren, a visitor from London, said she "yelled at my friends to run and we all sprinted for our lives" and that they "just kept sprinting" until they found shelter in a hotel. Tom Brook from West Yorkshire recounted hearing "multiple gunshots and saw people running for cover" while inside a McDonald’s, then walking into the square where he saw paramedics treating a person outside a shop and a dead body covered in foil blankets 20 metres away.