Gunman behind Poland shooting dies in hospital

The 24-year-old gunman who killed six people and wounded more than 15 in Kraków’s Main Market Square has died in hospital, and Polish authorities say far-right ideology influenced him.

A 24-year-old gunman who killed six people and injured more than 15 others in Kraków, Poland, on Saturday has died in hospital, Peoples Gazette reports.

The attacker opened fire on Kraków’s Main Market Square from a moving vehicle, killing four women and two men, including a British man and an Austrian woman. Wounded victims included citizens of Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia.

Police shot and wounded him, but he kept firing before collapsing. Two police officers were injured. He died around 4:30 a.m. on Monday after multiple surgeries, the Polish government said.

Police also found the bodies of his mother, sister and father at his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski.

“Everything points to the fact that the shooter was influenced by far-right ideology, a matter that will also be subject to investigation,” Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said.

Krakow prosecutor Eryk Stasielak told the Associated Press: “We are first of all investigating if he was inspired by anyone, if someone helped him.”