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Kraków shooting suspect who killed six has died, say police in Poland

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This is a violent crime and terrorism-investigation story with no commercial mechanism: no company, commodity, price, supply chain, regulation or investment is named. Any link to retail footfall in Kraków's market square or to tourism/insurance demand would be pure speculation and is not evidenced in the text, so no catalog sector fits.

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  • A 24-year-old gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, Poland, on Saturday afternoon, killing six people including a Briton and injuring 17.
  • The suspect, wounded in a shootout with police, died in hospital early Monday, Malopolska Policja said.
  • Polish prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation into the attack, which authorities said was probably inspired by far-right ideologies.
  • Three people found dead at the gunman's home were his father (53), mother (52) and sister (21).
  • Two days of national mourning began; the rare mass shooting shocked Poland, which was considered safer than many European neighbours.

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