Foreign nationals are among those killed and wounded in the shooting in Krakow, Poland’s Interior Ministry reports details
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A foreign national was killed and five other foreign nationals were injured in the shooting in Krakow. The attacker was detained and hospitalized.
One foreign national was killed and five others were injured in a shooting in Krakow. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński reported this, UNN reports, citing RMF24 and The Guardian.
Poland’s interior minister said that a foreign national was among the six people killed.
Sixteen people were hospitalized after the shooting; "five of these sixteen people are foreigners," Kierwiński told reporters.
Thirteen of the injured were classified under the "red" code, indicating the highest level of threat to a patient’s life. Two police officers were among those injured.
Marcin Kierwiński said that the police’s rapid response prevented a much larger-scale tragedy. Law enforcement officers opened fire on the attacker just three minutes after receiving the report of the incident. He also emphasized that the fire service and emergency medical assistance arrived at the scene within three minutes as well.
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Regarding the attacker, whom police wounded during his arrest and who was subsequently hospitalized, the Minister of the Interior and Administration said that he had acted alone and "held very radical views." According to the minister, everything indicates that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies, although this information still needs to be verified.
Law enforcement officers are currently conducting investigative activities at the attacker’s place of residence. He is 24 years old and is originally from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.