Posted by Chinenye on Mon 09th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
A deadly shooting in Poland has left six people dead and several others injured after a gunman attacked people in a busy public area.
(Police. Photo Credit: BBC News)
The 24 years old man who shot and killed 6 people in Poland has died in the hospital from the injuries he got when police shot him to stop the attack.
Police say he was also responsible for the deaths of his parents and sister at their home.
He was shot by armed officers within three minutes of the attack starting, which police say stopped it from becoming even deadlier.
The shooting happened on Saturday afternoon in the city's busy Main Market Square.
Officials say the man was inspired by far right ideas and described him as an ultra nationalist, though they have not given more details.
Four of the dead were women and two were men.
Four victims were Polish, while a British national and an Austrian woman also died.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the bodies of the gunman's father, mother and sister were found when police searched the family home.
Media reports say he had a gun permit and may have taken the weapons from that home.
Sixteen people were taken to hospital, including five foreigners, two police officers and the attacker.
Two surgeons who were nearby eating lunch ran to help.
One of them, Professor Michal Pędziwiatr, said his colleague used his hand to stop heavy bleeding from a badly wounded police officer until an ambulance arrived.
Both injured officers have since come out of comas.
Witnesses said people ran for cover as the gunfire started. Poland has declared two days of national mourning.
Tusk called the attack the first serious act of terrorism the country has seen.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was shocked and expressed solidarity with the people of Poland.
The Main Market Square reopened on Sunday evening.