Three bodies have been found at the home of the suspect behind a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced at a press conference.
The bodies are those of two women and a man believed to be close relatives of the gunman, Tusk said.
“They appear to be members of his immediate family,” the prime minister said, without providing further details about how they died.
He added that the bodies were discovered after drone images were taken over the property.
Polish media reported that the victims were the gunman’s parents and sister, although authorities have not officially confirmed their identities.
Tusk declared two days of national mourning.
At least six people were killed and 15 others injured after a gunman opened fire at a crowded market square in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday, authorities said. The suspect drove into the city’s historic Main Market Square around 3 p.m. and began firing at people from his vehicle. Police confronted and shot the gunman a short distance from the scene before taking him into custody.
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British national among six killed in shooting
A British national was among six people killed when a 25-year-old Polish gunman opened fire in Krakow, the country’s police chief announced.
“Six people were killed: four women and two men. Three Polish women, one British citizen and two people who have not yet been identified,” police chief Marek Boroń told a press conference.
He said another 15 people were injured.
Five foreign nationals were among the injured, from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia.
Police seriously wounded the gunman.
Police search for weapons and possible explosives
Polish authorities are carrying out extensive searches at the suspect’s home and his family’s property amid concerns that large quantities of weapons may be stored there.
“There may be many weapons, many firearms inside the house,” Tusk said.
The prime minister expressed confidence that authorities would soon identify and arrest any possible accomplices or supporters of the gunman.
He also thanked police officers who “saved many lives, risking their own”.
Far-right ideology investigated as possible motive
Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the gunman had been influenced by far-right ideology.
“Everything indicates that the perpetrator was influenced by far-right ideology, an issue that will also be investigated,” the minister told reporters.
“Police officers are at the scene, as are agents from the Internal Security Agency, both here, at the scene of the incident, and at the individual’s family home,” he added.
Tusk also described the deadly shooting as a “terrorist act”, saying the gunman had been influenced by far-right ideology.
“In Poland, we have not experienced such radical acts of terrorism, because that is what this horrific attack on human lives here in Krakow must be called,” he told a press conference.
