Krakow mass shooting suspect has died in hospital, police in Poland say

The alleged shooter who went on a shooting rampage in the Polish city of Krakow on Saturday has died two days after being critically wounded by officers, police said on Monday.

"We inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died this morning in the hospital," regional police said in a post on X.

The man drove past the square in Krakow's Old Town, an area of Poland's second-largest city visited by many tourists, and carried out the shooting. He continued shooting even after suffering wounds by police officers, according to the authorities.

He is also suspected of killing his parents and sister at his family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 150 kilometers (93 miles), before carrying out the alleged attack in central Krakow.

Six people were killed and 15 wounded in the shooting spree by the 24-year-old Polish man who allegedly carried out the attack.

The victims were of various nationalities. Three women and one man were Polish, with two other victims being an Austrian woman and a British man. The list of people injured includes people from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.

The two officers who stopped the assailant also remained in hospital.

The shooting is being investigated as a terrorist offense. While Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the assailant held radical and ultranationalist views, no information has been given as to whether he was a member of any extremist organization.

Grief and shock took over Poland after the shooting.

The attack's site at the city's central square became a place of commemoration as many people laid candles and flowers.

The St. Mary's Trumpet Call, the melody played at Krakow's Main Square every hour, stopped in honor of the victims. This was the first time this happened since World War II. The St. Anne's Church received a wave of mourners who came to attend a service for the victims.

Mass shootings are not common in Poland. Some 411,000 hold gun permits across the country, with interest in gun ownership being on the rise.