Krakow attack kills Lower Austrian woman

A 51-year-old woman from Lower Austria was among six people killed in a shooting in Krakow, ORF reported. Her husband was injured, Lower Austrian Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner said.

A 24-year-old man allegedly fired randomly at passers-by from a car on the market square on Saturday. His motive is unclear. Poland’s interior minister, Marcin Kierwinski, said initial findings suggested the suspect held “very radical views” and may have been fascinated by far-right ideologies, though this was still being investigated.

The other people killed were from Poland and Britain. Their ages ranged from 32 to 61, according to the authorities in the Małopolska region. Five people from Germany, Britain, Portugal, Austria and Russia were injured, as were several horse-drawn carriage drivers.

Mikl-Leitner said she was deeply shaken by the attack and expressed condolences to the victims’ families. She wished the injured a full recovery and said terrorism, violence, hatred and extremism must have no place in society.