Shooter who opened fire in central Krakow dies: no charges could be pressed

On Monday morning, 24-year-old Michał Oksiński, who opened fire on Krakow's Main Market Square on November 7, died in the hospital. According to RBC-Ukraine, the Lesser Poland Voivodeship announced on X: "We inform that the perpetrator of the tragic events died in the hospital early this morning." According to the publication, the deceased died before being formally notified of the suspicions, which legally closes the possibility of charging him in the shooting case.

Chronology of the tragedy on the Main Market Square

According to the investigation, around 3:00 PM on November 7, the man drove onto the Main Market Square in Krakow and opened fire on people present there. The attacker was detained after a shootout with police; he was wounded and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The final toll of the attack, according to official data, is six dead and at least 16 wounded. Two police officers who were injured during the detention underwent surgery; their condition is assessed as stable.

Family members found in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski house

On the same day, November 7, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported that the bodies of two women and a man had been discovered in the attacker's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Later, investigators established that these were most likely his parents and his 21-year-old sister. According to the investigation, the man may have killed them before the attack in Krakow. As reported by the publication Interia, the attacker's father had 11 weapons officially registered to his name.

Case qualification and prosecutor's position

The Polish Prosecutor's Office qualified the attack as a terrorist crime. The Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice of Poland, Waldemar Żurek, announced two investigation episodes, each carrying a life sentence. The suspect's death in the hospital before the indictment does not terminate the investigation as a whole: the episodes related to the bodies discovered in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski remain the subject of the investigation.

What is known at the moment

As of November 9, 2026, the following facts are confirmed: the death of the attacker in the hospital, six dead and at least 16 wounded as a result of the shooting on Krakow's Main Market Square, and the discovery of three bodies, presumably the shooter's parents and sister, in the family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The case is being investigated as a terrorist crime; final conclusions of the investigation into all episodes have not yet been released.