On Saturday afternoon, the Subaru, driven by 24-year-old Michał Oksiński, entered the Main Square in Krakow. The driver opened fire on passersby. He shot 6 people and injured 15. He was also injured in an exchange of fire with policemen. This morning he died in one of Krakow's hospitals.
After the crime, the bodies of three people were found in the apartment of Oksiński's family in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - his 21-year-old sister, 52-year-old mother and 53-year-old father. They all had gunshot wounds.
As prosecutor Przemysław Nowak said at today's press conference, investigators worked in the apartment from Saturday evening until late Sunday afternoon.
During the press conference at the PK, prosecutor Nowak emphasized that there is no data that would allow "categorical determination, determination and assessment of the motivation" of Michał Oksiński.
It is too early to categorically talk about motives, inspiration or any ideology, emphasized the PK spokesman.
As Nowak said, in the 24-year-old's room there was a Gadsden flag hanging on one of the walls. He explained that it was a historic American flag from the 18th century, depicting a rattlesnake on a yellow background. As he said, this flag has various meanings, such as rebellion against the authorities, and does not always have negative connotations.
This flag (...) is not generally associated with any extremism, it is used for various purposes, he emphasized. He noticed that the image of such a snake can be found, among others, on one of Metallica's albums.
For example, there was no obvious symbolism that we commonly associate with any current, either extreme right-wing or extreme left - noted the PK spokesman.
A few hours after the attack, Minister of Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński said that Michał Oksiński may have had ultra-right-wing views. He did not provide any evidence to confirm this thesis.
On Sunday, the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration explained his words. I also said it would require verification. I know that this arouses very strong emotions, mainly on the right-wing side of the political scene. It is not my intention to arouse emotions here, everything must be thoroughly checked - Kierwiński noted on Sunday on TVN24.
Today, in a special interview on RMF FM, the mayor of Krakow, Łukasz Gibała, criticized this statement. I don't like suggestions linking his activities with this or that political motivation, with this or that view, he admitted. He added that such suggestions are unnecessary and only strengthen the already large social divisions.
When I talked to representatives of the uniformed services and when this topic came up, they emphasized that these were hasty conclusions - noted the RMF FM guest.
Gibała admitted that after the death of the 24-year-old attacker, we may never fully know his motives.
