Five people detained over online activity
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Karolina Gałecka said on Monday that five people had been detained between Saturday and Monday across Poland. Their online activity may have posed a potential threat.
Poland's Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) and police conduct online activities continuously, not only following the Kraków attack. They are particularly alert to possible copycats after the incident.
Police checked online content glorifying the attack. Gałecka said the material was concerning and that some individuals may in some way have imitated the actions of Michał Oksiński.
Attacker's former employer offers psychological support
Janusz Bira, president of Ostrowieckie Zakłady Materiałów Ogniotrwałych (OZMO), where the attacker worked, said the company was now focusing on helping its employees.
Psychologists met employees on Monday morning. Following a group meeting, staff could have individual consultations with specialists from the Centre for Social Services. They can continue to receive psychological support and arrange further appointments.
Bira said he would not comment on the case or provide information about the attacker out of respect for the victims and because the investigation was ongoing.
“We are shocked by what happened,” the company said in a statement.
OZMO said it was fully and transparently cooperating with law enforcement to establish all the circumstances of the case.
Investigators are examining the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the attacker's relatives and any possible connection between those deaths and the Kraków attack.
Art academy appeals to media to respect mourning
Professor Andrzej Bednarczyk, rector of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, appealed to journalists not to seek comments from students or university staff following the tragedy.
In a letter to media representatives on Monday, he said the priority was to protect the sensitivity of young artists and allow them to mourn. He said the university wanted to pay tribute to the victims in silence.
The academy confirmed in a social media statement that Magdalena Oksińska, a third-year painting student, was among those killed. She was the attacker's sister and died with her parents at the family's apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
“We bid farewell to Magda, a young artist and member of our academic community, whose life was so tragically cut short. Her death will leave a painful void among us,” the statement said.
The rector and the academy community expressed solidarity with the victims' families, those injured and their loved ones, as well as everyone experiencing suffering, fear and loss.
The attack in Kraków
On Saturday afternoon, a 24-year-old man drove a car onto Kraków's Main Market Square and opened fire on people in the area. He was wounded during an exchange of fire with police and detained.
Six people were killed and 16 injured, including two police officers. The attacker died in hospital early on Monday morning, police said.
Police also found the bodies of three members of the attacker's immediate family, his 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and his 21-year-old sister, at the family's apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The victims had gunshot wounds.
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Source: PAP