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Six people including one British national have been killed in a shooting in the Polish city of Krakow on Saturday.
The attack occurred at around 3pm local time when a gunman opened fire in the city’s main square.
The victims include four women and two men. At least 16 others have been reported injured including two police officers, one of whom is in a “very critical condition”.
Police have detained the man who was shot after exchanging fire with police and remains in a serious condition in hospital.
Below we look at everything we know so far about the gunman.
Follow the latest updates here.
The shooting occurred in Krakow’s main market square (Getty)
Who is the suspect?
Authorities say that the suspect is a 25-year-old Polish man.
Police say he was shot after exchanging fire with armed officers and is in a serious condition in hospital.
Polish interior minister Marcin Kierwinski told reporters that the shooter was influenced by “far-right ideologies”.
“Everything points to the fact that the shooter was influenced by far-right ideology, a matter that will also be subject to investigation,” Kierwinski said.
One hypothesis is that the suspect took guns for the attack from his family home, with the interior minister revealing that the suspect’s father had several guns.
“It looks like he had very radical views,” Mr Kierwinski said. “In the car he was driving, many guns were found and a search is still being carried out.”
Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk spoke following the attack (AP)
Three people found dead at suspect’s home
Three people have been found dead at the shooter’s home. They include two women and one man, who prime minister Donald Tusk said are assumed to be the suspect’s “close family”.
“It looks like they are members of his close family,” he said confirming the discovery. It is unclear how the victims are related to the shooter and their identities and respective ages have not been shared.
What are police doing?
Authorities are currently searching through the suspect’s home. Mr Tusk said that police expect to find an extensive amount of weapons there.
“There could be quite a lot of arms, quite a lot of guns in this house,” he said.
Another point of inquiry will be the suspect’s connection to far-right ideology and Mr Tusk said that “possible supporters of the perpetrator” should expect to be detained “very quickly”.
“Police officers are on-site, as are agents from the Internal Security Agency, both here at the scene and at the individual’s family home,” said the interior minister.
