Polish prosecutors say there is no evidence that a gunman who allegedly killed six people in central Krakow after shooting his parents and sister at home was linked to the far-Right.
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Very little information has come out about the shooter, who was shot by police officers and arrested minutes after he opened fire at people from his car in Krakow's historic main square on Saturday.
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He died in hospital from his injuries on Monday morning.
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The government had originally said the assailant, identified by prosecutors as Michal Oksinski, a 24-year-old from the town of Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski in southeastern Poland, may have been inspired by far-right ideology, without providing further details.
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However, on Monday, government officials appeared to backtrack from the initial comments about a far-Right motive.
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'Until the matter is fully clarified and the authorities are in possession of complete information, it is best to refrain from making comments, even if there are some initial indications,' government spokesperson Adam Szlapka told TVN24.
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The nationalist opposition criticised initial suggestions that the shooter was linked to the far-Right, with Law & Justice party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski saying those claims were a 'blatant lie'.
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National Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Przemyslaw Nowak told a press conference on Monday that investigators did not yet know what motivated the killer.
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He said a yellow flag with a snake and the words 'Don't tread on me' on it, known as the Gadsden flag, was found in his room.
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Michal Oksiński, pictured by local media, allegedly murdered his family before driving into the city's historic Main Market square and opening fire on crowds, killing six more people
Footage shows the heroic moment an injured police officer stumbles onto his feet to continue shooting the Krakow gunman
Images from the scene show the alleged gunman in military-style fatigues.
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The weapon, a rifle, lies on the ground nearby
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The Gadsden flag was first used during the American Revolution in the 18th century.
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Nowak said the flag was associated with 'various meanings related to freedom or rebellion' but was not widely known as being linked to any form of extremism.
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An interior ministry spokesperson said earlier on Monday that there were many different emblems on the perpetrator's clothing that had already been partially examined and interpreted.
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It comes as new details have emerged on how he killed his family.
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Police say the suspect killed his parents, both in their 50s, and his 20-year-old sister before driving into the city's Main Square wearing military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest and opening fire.
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All three family members were found in their beds with two gunshot wounds to their heads each, Polish news outlet Fakt reports.
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His sister has been identified as Magdalena Oksińska, a young artist who was studying at the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts.
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The family's two cats were also killed.
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Emergency personnel work at the site of the shooting near the main market square in Krakow
Police examine a vehicle after starting an investigation into the fatal shooting
He then drove to the city centre, where a scene of chaos and terror ensued.
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People inside a shop at the site of the shooting near the main market square, with broken glass littering the floor
Police officers cordon off an area near the Main Market Square following the mass shooting
Residents bring flowers and memorial candles to the site of the Main Market Square attack near the Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland, 09 November 2026
A woman cries as she mourns next to a makeshift memorial on Slawkowska street next to the Main Market in Krakow, Poland, two days after a gunman opened fire, killing six people and wounding around a dozen others in the historic centre of Poland's city of Krakow, on November 9, 2026
Videos posted on social media show people running away from the square into narrow streets nearby, as well as first responders trying to resuscitate victims.
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Meanwhile, four women and two men were killed in the shooting rampage in the square.
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Three of the women and one man were Polish, Krzysztof Jan Klęczar, the Malopolska regional governor, said on Sunday.
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The wounded included people from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria.
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The two police officers who stopped the gunman, in actions authorities described as heroic, remained in the hospital.
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They were both conscious, with one emerging from a coma on Sunday afternoon.
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New footage has emerged of a heroe policeman stopping the gunman's rampage.
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