The 24-year-old Polish man accused of killing six people in a Krakow square and three family members at home has died in hospital following a gunbattle with police officers.

KRAKOW: KRAKOW: A Polish man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting spree in Krakow died in hospital on Monday, two days after he was critically wounded in a gunbattle with officers, police said.

“We inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died this morning in the hospital,” regional police said in a post on X.

The 24-year-old, dressed in military garb, allegedly opened fire on Saturday in a Krakow square killing six people. The bodies of his parents and a sister were found at the family home in another town.