Krakow shooting rampage suspect dies amid hunt for motive

KRAKOW: A Polish man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting spree in Krakow died in hospital on Monday, two days after he was critically wounded in a gun battle with police, authorities said.

But after he had originally been linked to the far right, prosecutors said that his reasons for killing nine people, including three family members, remained unclear.

The 24-year-old, dressed in military garb, allegedly opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a Krakow square, killing six people.

The bodies of his parents and a sister were found at the family home in another town.

Two police officers, who were seriously wounded in the chase, shot the man, named by media as Michal Oksinski, at an intersection near the city’s Main Market Square.