Krakow shooting: Six dead and 16 injured, police name officers

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The Krakow shooting left six people dead and 16 others injured, authorities said, with victims including a British national and several foreign nationals among the wounded.

Officials confirmed the dead include four women and two men. Three of those killed are Polish citizens, one is British, and two have not yet been identified. Sixteen people were taken to hospital, among them five foreigners and the suspected attacker. The interior ministry said the injured foreigners are from Britain, Austria, Russia, Germany and Portugal.

Krakow shooting: injured officers and victims

Two police officers were shot while detaining the attacker and are among those receiving treatment. Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk identified them as Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański.

Tusk also said that three bodies, two women and one man, were discovered at the gunman’s home during a search conducted after the attack.

According to a Polish government minister, one of the injured officers is in very critical condition after being shot three times while arresting the suspect and is undergoing surgery.

Authorities have not released the names or ages of the other victims.

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