One of the police officers who took part in detaining the perpetrator of Saturday’s attack on the Main Square in Kraków remains in serious condition in the hospital. The officer has been brought out of a coma, Lesser Poland Voivode Jan Krzysztof Klęczar said. The voivode is the government’s representative in the region.
A total of 15 people injured in the attack are hospitalized in six Kraków hospitals. The perpetrator died Monday after 4:30 a.m.
“The perpetrator died in one of the Kraków hospitals. The Voivodeship Medical Rescue Coordinator was immediately notified of the death. This information is certain and confirmed,” the voivode said at a briefing on Monday.
He said 14 of the 15 hospitalized people are in stable condition. One of the police officers who directly took part in detaining the attacker remains in serious condition. Klęczar said the officer had been brought out of a coma and that his condition had not changed significantly since Sunday.
“This is good, positive news, which allows us to look to the future with optimism. The officer is under the care of the best doctors in Kraków and Lesser Poland. We all believe his health will steadily improve, although at this moment it is still described as serious,” he said.
The condition of the second police officer who took part in detaining the attacker is stable.
The voivode also said that the services’ work directly on the Main Square and adjacent streets ended Sunday evening. As a result, the space has been reopened to residents, tourists and other visitors.
The attack took place Saturday on the Main Square in Kraków. Michał O., a 24-year-old man, drove a car onto the square and then opened fire with an automatic weapon on random people. Six people were killed and 15 were wounded, including two police officers. The seventh fatality is the perpetrator himself, who was shot during an exchange of fire with police officers. In the apartment of the attacker’s family in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, police found the bodies of three people: the attacker’s parents and sister. (PAP)
