Massacre in Krakow, two days of national mourning in Poland. Prosecutor's office investigates terrorism

Poland still in shock after a 25-year-old extremist shot a crowd in Krakow. Six people died, at least 15 were injured. Three other bodies were found at the killer's house: the 53-year-old father, the 52-year-old mother and the 20-year-old sister. As explained by the police, the victims had gunshot wounds. Among those affected were also two police officers who rushed to the scene of the shooting: their conditions are stable, but their lives are in danger. The two days of national mourning have begun. Meanwhile, the Krakow Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation: investigators have seized a significant quantity of ammunition and seven firearms.

Appeal by Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek for blood donation for the "hero policeman" who stopped the attacker. "The officer faced an armed attacker without hesitation, he is fighting for his life in hospital. He has a compromised lung and needs every single drop of blood. AB Rh+ blood is needed," Zurek said on X. Another officer, who with his colleague arrested the attacker, was also injured. "If it hadn't been for them, the death toll from the massacre that took place in Krakow would have been unimaginable. They faced a terrorist armed with an automatic weapon, returned fire and stopped the killer by shielding themselves with their bodies. One of them is fighting between life and death in hospital, after being hit by three bullets; the other was also injured. A heroism without boundaries," Zurek wrote on social media.

Sub-inspector Andrzej Fijolek, spokesman for the Polish police chief, told TVN24 that the conditions of the 15 injured are, for now, stable. Of the 5 people hospitalized in Krakow University Hospital, three are serious. The injured include citizens of the United Kingdom, Portugal, Russia, Germany and Austria. The killer, who was alive, was also seriously injured.

Meanwhile, the Farnesina has announced that the students and companions of the 'Ugo Foscolo' high school in Albano Laziale, who were at the scene of the shooting in Piazza del Mercato yesterday, are returning to Italy today. In agreement with the agency that took care of the trip, the boys preferred to leave as soon as possible, using a bus due to the lack of seats on scheduled flights. However, the students will only arrive home tomorrow morning at 6: the kids have rejected the alternative that had been proposed by the travel agency and the principal, that is, dividing them into groups to have them return on staggered flights from today until Tuesday. But the solution adopted to stay all together does not reassure the parents, who were not involved in the choice: "We were worried about the attack and now we are worried about a very long journey of 1,600 km with two drivers", said the mother of one of the boys.