Polish prosecutors say ‘too early’ to tell if Kraków gunman was motivated by political ideology

Terrorism investigation will continue after suspect who killed six after opening fire in market square died

Polish prosecutors have said they do not currently have any evidence tying the man who killed six people and injured 16 in a rare mass shooting in Kraków to any particularly political ideology.

The 24-year-old Polish national died in hospital early on Monday after being critically injured in a shootout with police officers as they apprehended him after the attack in the city’s busy market square on Saturday afternoon.

Soon after the attack, the bodies of the gunman’s parents and sister were found at the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, a town about 100 miles north-east of Kraków. Police said they had probably died of gunshot wounds.