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Krakow attack: prosecutors reconstruct attacker's route and search for CCTV footage

The National Prosecutor’s Office (Prokuratura Krajowa) has established the route the perpetrator of the attack on the Main Market Square in Krakow took, but does not disclose its course. Investigators are still looking for CCTV footage that may provide details.

The information was provided on Friday, November 13, to PAP by prosecutor Eryk Stasielak, head of the Małopolska Department for Organised Crime and Corruption of the National Prosecutor’s Office. According to him, the investigation has determined the route the perpetrator travelled. Details of its course are not being disclosed.

Collecting CCTV footage continues

Prosecutors are collecting footage from the entire road between Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Krakow. National Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Przemysław Nowak said on Monday, November 9, that the goal is to reconstruct the perpetrator’s movements and determine what he did between the killing of his relatives and the attack. Stasielak has now said that investigators are still searching for surveillance cameras that may shed more light on this route.

According to a preliminary expert opinion, passed on by Nowak, three people in the apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski died on Saturday morning or in the night from Friday to Saturday. The exact time has not been determined.

Motive still unclear

Prosecutors are still investigating the perpetrator’s motive. Among other things, they have secured a weapons safe found in his home, weapons and ammunition from a car, phones and a computer. On Monday, the spokesman spoke of four weapons (two rifles and two pistols) and several hundred rounds of ammunition. At this stage, prosecutors are not indicating any motives, inspirations or ideological links.

Six people were killed and 15 were injured in the attack on Saturday, November 7, including two police officers. The bodies of the perpetrator’s parents and sister were found in the family apartment in Ostrowiec. The perpetrator died in hospital. The investigation is being led by the Małopolska branch office of the National Prosecutor’s Office.

We previously wrote about a shooting club’s statements about the perpetrator and about detentions over posts made after the attack.

Dorota Lune

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