Polish authorities are investigating whether far-right views influenced the 25-year-old suspect in Saturday’s Krakow shooting, while also searching his family home, where three people were found dead.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the possible influence was part of the investigation. Police said the suspect was shot after exchanging fire with officers and remained hospitalized in serious condition.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the dead, found at a residence in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers northeast of Krakow, were believed to be close family members of the suspect. The Associated Press reported that they were two women and a man. Their identities and exact relationships had not been disclosed.
Kierwiński said the suspect’s father had several guns and police found numerous weapons in the car the suspect was driving. Tusk said officers expected to find many firearms at the home. He also warned that people suspected of supporting the suspect should expect to be detained very quickly.
Kierwiński said police officers and agents from Poland’s Internal Security Agency were at the shooting scene and the family home. The attack killed six people; EconoTimes previously reported the initial death toll and the suspect’s detention.
