Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Straits Times's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
44
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Krakow assailant appeared highly skilled, fellow shooting club member says
STARACHOWICE, Poland -
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member → appear → ?
The young gunman who killed six people in central Krakow on Nov 7 in Poland’s unprecedented mass shooting appeared to be highly skilled in military-style marksmanship, the spokesperson for his sports shooting club said on Nov 8.
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spokesperson → kill → Nov
“I wouldn’t know how to shoot like that,” Adam Chyb, 55, a long-time gun shooter and member of the Swit Starachowice club located some 175km north-east of Krakow, told Reuters.
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Chyb → know → Reuters
“I’m a sports shooter,” Chyb said.
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Chyb → ’m → ?
“Shooting in motion, while running, not to mention while driving a car ... with one hand steering and firing with another from an AR-style gun ... is an entirely different category.”
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hand → shoot → gun
What can I say ...
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I → say → What
I’m not an expert in military marksmanship, I couldn’t do it ...
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I → ’m → it
This is what the military and the police teach.
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military → teach → what
We have absolutely nothing to do with this field.”
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We → have → field
The killing has shocked Poland, where many people have long felt safer than in the country’s western European neighbours that have witnessed similar attacks in recent years.
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that → shock → years
The government said the assailant may have been inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details, and nationalist opposition politicians disputed such claims.
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politicians → say → claims
Very little has come out about the shooter, a 24-year-old from Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a town of just under 60,000 in south-eastern Poland.
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little → come → Poland
The authorities have said his family, including the assailant, had licences for a total of 11 firearms.
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family → say → firearms
Gun ownership is relatively low in Poland compared with its European allies, but has been rising since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022.
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ownership → compare → 2022
Chyb said the assailant, who has not been officially named, had joined the Swit Starachowice club in 2022 and attended it a handful of times, including twice this year and always in the company of his father.
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who → say → father
The bodies of his father, mother and sister were found in their family home on Nov 7, and officials say they were also likely killed by the same assailant as was involved in the shooting in Krakow.
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they → find → Krakow
“He never came to the club in any kind of military uniform, did not exhibit any negative behaviour, which would have been noticed,” Chyb said.
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Chyb → come → behaviour
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