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Polish police have confirmed the identities of the three victims found shot dead in the home of the suspect in the Kraków shooting.

Raluca Ioana Draghici

8 November 2026, 08:43

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Polish police have identified the three people found dead on Saturday in the home of the suspect in the Kraków shooting. The victims are his 53-year-old father, his 52-year-old mother, and his 21-year-old sister. The bodies were discovered during searches carried out by counterterrorism forces at the man’s home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

Preliminary examinations indicate that the victims suffered injuries most likely caused by gunfire. Investigators have not yet established the exact circumstances of the deaths, nor whether the family members were killed before the suspect left for Kraków.

The discovery brings to nine the number of people who have died in connection with the two scenes under investigation. Police are continuing the searches and are trying to reconstruct the suspect’s movements and the events that preceded the attack.

On Saturday, the approximately 25-year-old man drove into Kraków’s Central Square and opened fire on passersby. Six people were killed, while at least 15 others were injured, including two police officers. The suspect was shot, detained, and transported to hospital. Weapons and ammunition were found in his car.

Authorities are investigating his possible links to far-right ideology. The President of Poland declared two days of national mourning, on November 8 and 9.

Context: Investigators established early on that the suspect had registered firearms and no criminal record, while the prime minister classified the incident as terrorism

In the initial investigations following the attack in Krakow, the Polish press reported that the suspect (a Polish man approximately 24–25 years old) had no criminal record and worked as a lathe operator. He had a license for sporting firearms, was a member of a shooting club in Starachowice, and owned two firearms registered in his name; in the car used in the attack, police found weapons, ammunition, and military equipment.

At the same time, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for the attack to be described as “terrorism” and announced two days of national mourning before the authorities had conducted complete assessments. When inspecting the suspect’s home, investigators also used a drone to confirm the presence of deceased individuals inside.