Poland's Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said a criminal case has been opened on terrorism charges following the shooting in Krakow, the prosecutor's office said in a post on X, according to infohub.kz.
"A prosecutor from the Małopolska branch of Poland's National Public Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and Corruption has opened a criminal case in connection with yesterday's terrorist attack in Krakow. This is the unit of the prosecutor's office authorized to investigate crimes of a terrorist nature," NUR.KZ quoted him as saying.
According to the prosecutor general, the investigation covers two episodes. The first concerns the shooting deaths of six people, as well as attempted murders of many others, including police officers.
"Under the legal classification adopted, the perpetrator acted with the aim of seriously intimidating a large number of people, which gives this crime a terrorist character," Żurek explained.
The second episode concerns the shooting deaths of three people. The head of the Polish prosecutor's office noted that both crimes carry the harshest penalty — life imprisonment.
"At present, the main priorities of the investigation are to establish all the circumstances of these tragic events, to determine the full picture of the perpetrator's actions and to collect evidence," Żurek said.
According to RIA Novosti, the man suspected of carrying out the terrorist attack in Krakow killed three members of his own family. The bodies of his parents and sister were found in his home.
It was reported earlier that the shooting took place in central Krakow, with reports of dead and wounded. Mourning was declared for November 8 and 9 in connection with the shooting in Krakow. It later emerged that police had found dead people in the suspected perpetrator's home.