Krakow mass shooter dies in hospital, Polish police say

An armed police officer secures a cordoned off area after a shooter opened fire in a market square in Krakow, Poland, Saturday, November 7, 2026. Picture: AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel

A young gunman who killed six people ​in central Krakow on Saturday ‌in Poland's unprecedented mass shooting has died in hospital, police said early on Monday.

Very ​little information has come out ​about the shooter, who was shot ⁠by police officers and arrested minutes ​after he opened fire at people ​at Krakow's historic main square from his car.

The government said the assailant, a 24-year-old from ​Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town of ​just under 60,000 in southeastern Poland, may have ‌been ⁠inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details.

"There were many different emblems on the perpetrator’s clothing that have ​been partially ​examined and ⁠interpreted," Karolina Galecka, an interior ministry spokeswoman, told radio ​TOK FM on Monday.

"These patches ​were ⁠associated with various motifs that are currently being analysed by specialists," she ⁠added, ​declining to comment further ​as the investigation is ongoing.