A 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing six people in Poland, including his parents and sister, has died in hospital after being shot by police during a deadly attack in the city of Krakow.
Police confirmed that the suspect died early Monday, two days after opening fire in the city's busy Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon.
Armed officers responded to the shooting shortly before 3 p.m. local time and engaged the suspect in a gunfight. He was shot within three minutes of the attack beginning, an intervention officials said prevented further loss of life.
The shooting left six people dead, including four women and two men. The victims comprised four Polish nationals, a British citizen and an Austrian woman.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said three additional bodies were discovered at the suspect's family home during a search following the attack.
Police later identified the victims as the suspect's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister.
A government minister said preliminary investigations suggested the suspect had been influenced by far-right ideologies, describing him as an ultra-nationalist. Authorities have not provided further details about the suspected motive.
Polish media reports said the 24-year-old had a firearms permit and may have obtained the weapons used in the attack from his family home.
Sixteen people, including five foreign nationals, two police officers and the suspect, were taken to hospital following the incident.
The foreign nationals were from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia, according to Poland's Interior Ministry.
Police have not publicly confirmed the suspect's identity.
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