On Tuesday evening, 12 people injured in Saturday’s attack on the Main Market Square were still being treated in five Krakow hospitals, said Maksymilian Kosowski, spokesman for the Lesser Poland Voivode. On Wednesday, 11 November, Krakow observes the last day of mourning.
The voivode’s spokesman said that on Tuesday afternoon another injured man was discharged from the Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital. The number of hospitalised patients fell to 12, and they are spread across five facilities – on Monday it was still six hospitals.
How the Number of Hospitalised Patients Changed
On Saturday, 7 November, six people died in the attack, and according to the voivodeship services, 15–17 people were injured (the figure changed in the first reports). On Monday, Voivode Krzysztof Klęczar spoke of 15 people in six hospitals, 14 of whom were in stable condition. On Tuesday morning, spokesman Kosowski said 14 of the 15 injured remained in hospital – on Monday a female patient was discharged from the Gabriel Narutowicz Municipal Hospital. Earlier, the voivode had also reported 13 injured in Krakow hospitals: one person was discharged, and a citizen of Austria was transferred to his home country for further treatment.
Condition of the Police Officers
Two police officers injured while detaining the attacker remain in hospital. Both have been brought out of pharmacological come. Voivode Klęczar said the injured officer is recovering, and the city police commander has issued him an “official order” to return to duty as soon as possible.
On Tuesday, 27-year-old Senior Constable Artur Morański was transferred from the Narutowicz Hospital to the 5th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic. His condition is stable but still serious; he faces multi-stage reconstructive treatment for a severely damaged hand. The lung wound was operated on earlier. You can read more about what the doctors said in a separate article.
What Is Known About the Perpetrator and Victims
According to a statement from the Lesser Poland Police, the 24-year-old attacker drove a car onto the Main Market Square and shot at random people until police officers stopped him. At 4:30 on Sunday he died in hospital. Apart from the six victims from the Market Square, three more people were found at the attacker’s home in Ostrów Świętokrzyski. The regional police commander has set up a special team to investigate the circumstances and motives. We reported on the first hours of the attack in our article on the initial toll of the attack.
The Last Day of Mourning
Wednesday is the last day of mourning in Krakow. On the Main Market Square, at the places where the victims died, residents are leaving flowers and candles. The city has launched a fundraising drive for those affected, and the celebrations of Poland’s National Independence Day are being held in a limited form.
