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Man accused of killing 6 in Kraków shooting rampage dies in the hospital, police say

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The man who opened fire in a public square, killing six people in a suspected terror attack in Kraków, Poland, has died, police said early Monday.

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The man, described only as being in his mid-20s and having “ultranationalistic” beliefs, was shot by police during Saturday’s midday rampage in Main Market Square, the historic center of Poland’s second-largest city.

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More than a dozen others, including two police officers, were injured. The two officers were in “serious” condition, regional official Krzysztof Jan Klęczar said Sunday.

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The 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.

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Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said he used an automatic rifle to carry out the attack and that he “was fascinated by far-right ideologies.”

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A man and two women, believed to be the shooter’s parents and sister, were also found dead in an apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyskie, a city about 93 miles northeast of Kraków, according to Andrzej Fijołek, deputy inspector of Police National Headquarters. The suspect faced murder charges in those killings, as well, Żurek said Sunday.

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Four of the dead in Kraków were described by police in the city and…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/

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