The man who opened fire in a public square, killing six people in a suspected far-right terror attack in Kraków, Poland, has died, police said early Monday.
\n\nThe man, 24, was shot by police during Saturday’s midday rampage in Main Market Square, the historic center of Poland’s second-largest city.
\n\nMore than a dozen others, including two police officers, were injured. The two officers were in “serious” condition, regional official Krzysztof Jan Klęczar said Sunday.
\n\nThe gunman “acted with the aim of seriously intimidating a large number of people, making this a terrorist offence,” Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said on X.
\n\nInterior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said he used an automatic rifle to carry out the attack and that he “was fascinated by far-right ideologies.”
\n\nHowever, officials appeared to backtrack from the earlier comments as nationalist opposition politicians questioned the grounds on which the interior minister had said far-right ideology was the motive.
\n\n“Until the matter is fully clarified and the authorities are in possession of complete information, it is best to refrain from making comments, even if there are some initial indications,” government spokesman Adam Szlapka told TVN24.
\n\nJustice Minister Waldemar Zurek said on Monday that despite the death of the…
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