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Parents, sister of far-right Kraków shooter found dead in family home

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Three bodies found in the home of the 24-year-old shooter in the Saturday’s rampage in the heart of Kraków belonged to the gunman’s family, police said.

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Investigators are looking at the deaths of the shooter’s parents and sister as they unravel events surrounding the random violence in the Polish city’s historic center, Main Market Square, around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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The relatives, who lived about 90 miles from Krakow, likely died from gunshot wounds, according to police.

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Authorities said the shooter, who survived a shootout with police and remains in the hospital, wore a bulletproof vest during the attack.

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The identifications were made as world leaders paid tribute to victims and Poland declared two national days of mourning after a shooter motivated by far-right ideologies killed six people in Kraków on Saturday, in what the country’s defense minister characterized as a “terror attack.”

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Victims of the attack included a man from the United Kingdom, a woman from Austria and four Polish nationals, according to regional official Krzysztof Jan Klęczar. The injured included visitors from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria, according to the Associated Press.

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