The man, who was in his 20s, was seriously injured when police tried to stop him. He was taken to hospital but has since died.
“We can inform you that the perpetrator of this tragic incident died this morning in hospital,” Polish police wrote in a post on X, according to the AFP news agency.
Six people - four women and two men - were killed and around 15 injured in the attack on a square in central Krakow on Saturday afternoon.
Police quickly arrived at the scene and shot the perpetrator just three minutes after the attack began, according to Polish authorities. Two police officers were shot in a shootout with the man. Both are being treated in hospital and were reported to be in stable condition on Sunday.
Three more people were found dead in the perpetrator’s home in a town about ten miles from Krakow. According to authorities, they were the suspected shooter’s parents and his 21-year-old sister.
Authorities have described the mass shooting as an act of terrorism in which the man acted alone. Police said the man was armed with a military-style firearm. A large amount of weapons and ammunition was found in his car.
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