Dozens, and possibly several hundred, people may be witnesses in the investigation into Saturday’s attack in Kraków, according to the Kraków branch of the National Prosecutor’s Office. The first interviews began Saturday and included people from abroad, among others.
Prosecutor Eryk Stasielak, head of the Kraków branch of the National Prosecutor’s Office, told PAP that dozens, or even several hundred, people could be witnesses in the case.
– The first people were questioned on the day of the incident: the first dozen, or even several dozen. Some of them were foreigners, so we wanted to obtain their testimony as quickly as possible, the prosecutor said.
He added that the questioning is continuing and that video recordings saved on phones are also being collected.
The interviews are being conducted by police officers. The press office of the Kraków police told PAP that it is encouraging witnesses to come forward to the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kraków.
On Monday, autopsies of the victims began as planned at the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Jagiellonian University Medical College, and they will likely continue Tuesday. In addition to the six victims of the attack on the Main Square and the three people killed in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, the autopsies will also cover the shooter, who died in the hospital in the early hours of Monday.
Prosecutor Stasielak told PAP that the attacker’s car was checked by explosives technicians before its examination began. – The technicians did not find any explosive materials in the car, he said.
On Monday morning, Kraków Mayor Łukasz Gibała, speaking about the attack in an interview on RMF24, listed “pyrotechnic charges” among the items in the perpetrator’s car.
Prosecutor Piotr Nowak said at a briefing on the investigation into the attack in Kraków and the killings in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski that a total of four firearms, including AR-15 rifles, and several hundred rounds of ammunition were found in the car and on the attacker. In all, there were about 500 additional rounds of ammunition.
The attack took place Saturday on the Main Square in Kraków. A 24-year-old man drove a car onto the square and then opened fire with an automatic weapon at random people. Six people were killed and 16 were wounded, including two police officers and the attacker, who died in the hospital early Monday. In the apartment of the attacker’s family in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, police found the bodies of three members of his immediate family. (PAP)
