British teenager stable after Kraków shooting that killed six

Nineteen-year-old British national Harry Marchant is in stable condition in hospital after being shot during a mass shooting in Kraków that killed six people and injured 16 others, according to his family and reports of the casualty toll.

The shooting took place at about 3 p.m. Saturday in the city’s Main Market Square, also known as Rynek Główny. Marchant, who is from York, suffered a gunshot wound. His family said he was receiving ongoing hospital treatment and thanked first responders, medical staff and people in Poland for their help. They asked for privacy as he recovers.

Police shot the gunman, identified as 24-year-old Polish citizen Michał Oksiński, during the attack. He was taken to hospital and died on Monday from his injuries, reports said. The shooting lasted about three minutes, according to one account, which said it ended when an officer shot Oksiński. Two police officers were injured in the exchange.

Polish police prosecutors opened an investigation on Monday and said attacks of this kind constitute a terrorist offence. That description is the prosecutors’ characterisation; the reports do not establish a final legal determination. The motive remains unclear.