Multiple bodies found at Poland shooting suspect's home as far-right ties come to light

Kraków, Poland - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday that three bodies had been recovered from the home of a suspect in Saturday's deadly shooting in Poland that killed at least six, as more information about the alleged gunman's far-right ties has come to light.

Candles placed at the historic Main Market Square after a gunman opened fire killing at least six people and wounding around a dozen others in Kraków, Poland. Police say they found multiple bodies in the suspect's home.   © WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP

"We have confirmation. Two women and a man have been found dead at the perpetrator's home," Tusk told reporters in Krakow, adding that "there is much to suggest that they are members of the [suspect's] immediate family."

The prime minister also labeled the deadly shooting that left at least six dead and a dozen injured an act of "terrorism," saying, "Until now in Poland we haven't had such drastic cases of terrorism. ... That's what we have to call this cruel attack on people's lives here in Kraków."

Tusk also announced Poland would hold two days of mourning over the shooting that he called an act of "terrorism".

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Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the gunman appeared to be "fascinated by far-right ideologies".

A British national was among the killed, according to Polish police chief Marek Boron, and five foreigners were among the wounded in hospital, the authorities said.

"Two people who have not yet been identified," Boron said, referring to the victims killed.

The suspect – a Polish citizen born in 2002 – drove a car onto Krakow's Main Market Square and began shooting at random people, said police.

Two officers were wounded as they tried to stop the man, the police said, before shooting the suspect, who was later detained and taken to a hospital.

"Everything suggests that the perpetrator held very, very radical views. Several weapons were found in the car he was driving," Kierwinski said.

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"Everything suggests that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies" and held "ultra-nationalist views," he added.

The man was wearing military-style clothing at the time of the attack, Kierwinski said.