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Poland treats fatal mass shooting as 'terrorist offence'

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Polish prosecutors are treating a mass shooting that killed six people and injured at least 15 others as a terrorist act, occurring in Krakow's Main Square on Saturday. The attack prompted two days of national mourning in Poland; the square has since reopened with mourners laying flowers and candles for the victims.
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On November 7, 2026, a 24-year-old gunman with far-right views killed six people and wounded at least fifteen others in the historic center of Kraków, Poland's second-largest city. The attacker drove his car into the Main Market Square just before 3 PM local time and began firing randomly at pedestrians. Among the victims was a British national; the other five were identified as Polish citizens. After fleeing, police found two women and a man dead in the gunman’s home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 93 miles northeast of Kraków—likely family members. The shooter died from his injuries on November 9 at the hospital where he was being treated.

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Poland GPE · 6× Krakow GPE · 4× Polish NORP · 4× Facebook ORG · 2× Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski GPE · 2× Austria GPE · 1× Krzysztof Jan Klęczar PERSON · 1× Malopolska GPE · 1× Marie-Ange Collaer PERSON · 1× the United Kingdom GPE · 1×

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But I just thought the easiest thing to do is dive through a doorway and just take refuge behind the windows." Grim first for Poland Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the suspect held "very radical" and "ultranationalistic" views. "Everything indicates that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies," he said at a news conference on Saturday.
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Alexandros Maronitis, a tourist from Greece, told The Associated Press that he could not get back to his lodgings for five hours after the shooting.
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Poland treats fatal mass shooting as 'terrorist offence' · assertive framing

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In short: Polish prosecutors say a mass shooting that killed six people and injured at least 15 is being treated as an act "constituting a terrorist offence". asserted
that → say → offence
The square where the shooting occurred has reopened, with mourners gathering to lay flowers and candles. What's next? asserted
What → occur → flowers
Poland has entered two days of national mourning. asserted
Poland → enter → mourning
Polish prosecutors say a mass shooting that killed six people and injured at least 15 others is being treated as an act "constituting a terrorist offence". asserted
that → say → offence
The attack, which Poland's defence minister described as an "act of terror," happened on Saturday, local time, in the Main Square in the heart of Krakow's Old Town. asserted
minister → describe → Town
Four women and two men were killed in the shooting. asserted
women → kill → shooting
Three of the women and one of the men were Polish, according to Malopolska regional governor Krzysztof Jan Klęczar. uncertain
Three → accord → Klęczar
A man from the United Kingdom and a woman from Austria were also among the dead, authorities said. asserted
authorities → say → dead
A video posted on social media showed a police officer repeatedly shooting the attacker, who was lying on the street. asserted
who → post → street
The officer later slowly collapsed to the ground. asserted
officer → collapse → ground
The two police officers who stopped the gunman, in actions authorities hailed as heroic, remain in hospital. asserted
authorities → stop → hospital
The bodies of the assailant's sister, mother and father were also found at the man's family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a city about 150 kilometres north-east of Krakow. asserted
bodies → find → Krakow
They likely died from gunshot wounds. asserted
They → die → wounds
The square reopened on Sunday evening, with mourners gathering to lay flowers and candles in honour of the victims. asserted
mourners → reopen → victims
Poland has entered two days of national mourning. asserted
Poland → enter → mourning
St. Mary's Trumpet Call, a traditional five-note melody which played every hour from the highest tower of St Mary's Basilica, was paused overnight — the first time the call had been missed since World War II. asserted
call → play → II
Witnesses recall moments of chaos asserted
Witnesses → recall → chaos
Marie-Ange Collaer wrote on Facebook that she and her family survived the shooting during a trip to Krakow from Brussels. asserted
she → write → Brussels
"We literally ran for our lives and managed to hide from the bullets flying around," she wrote. asserted
she → run → bullets
"Lying on the floor in a shop like in a bad police movie whilst you hear bullets everywhere." British resident Neil Thaxton and his wife also lived through the attack. asserted
Thaxton → lie → attack
"We had just walked through the main square and heard the gunshots," he wrote on Facebook. asserted
he → walk → Facebook
"We thought it was fireworks then people started running, we went into a gift shop and the staff took us in the back of the shop and locked the doors and turned the lights off." asserted
staff → think → lights
Alexandros Maronitis, a tourist from Greece, told The Associated Press that he could not get back to his lodgings for five hours after the shooting. uncertain
he → tell → shooting
"We saw the shooter when they picked him up with the ambulance," he said. asserted
he → see → ambulance
We heard it's a safe country." asserted
it → hear → ?
Witness Andy Hill told the BBC he felt as though he was in a movie scene. asserted
he → tell → scene
"It doesn't feel real," he said. asserted
he → feel → ?
"And the trouble is, you have such an instantaneous moment to make a decision: Run. asserted
you → have → decision
But I just thought the easiest thing to do is dive through a doorway and just take refuge behind the windows." Grim first for Poland Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the suspect held "very radical" and "ultranationalistic" views. "Everything indicates that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies," he said at a news conference on Saturday. asserted
he → think → Saturday
Local officials in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski said they seized seven weapons from the family home, bringing the total number recovered to 11, including four found on the suspect or in his car in Krakow. asserted
they → say → Krakow
Both father and son had gun permits, they said. asserted
they → have → permits
The suspect, a Polish citizen, remains in a critical condition after undergoing multiple surgeries. asserted
suspect → remain → surgeries
There was confusion on Saturday about his age, with authorities first saying 24 and later 25. asserted
authorities → be → 24
On Sunday they confirmed he was 24. asserted
he → confirm → Sunday
The suspect's dead sibling was a young artist studying at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. asserted
sibling → study → Arts
The delicate tissue of our academic community was painfully wounded," the academy wrote in a statement on Sunday. asserted
academy → wound → Sunday
The academy confirmed Magdalena Oksińska was a third year student and that, additionally, the sister of an academy employee was shot twice. asserted
sister → confirm → employee
"Magdalena Oksińska, 21 years old, a queer person, was an absolutely talented painter, photographer, poet and writer," architect Pavko Krajka wrote in a post on social media, accompanied by images of the artist's colourful paintings. asserted
Krajka → write → paintings
About 411,000 people hold gun permits in Poland, which has a population of 37 million, and interest in gun ownership has been rising. asserted
interest → hold → ownership
The Swit shooting club in Starachowice, where the suspect is believed to have trained, issued a statement on Sunday saying it offered only "static shooting," which involves firing from a fixed position at a stationary target. asserted
which → believe → target
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