New details about the shooter in Krakow: he was not a member of the PMC, he is a liberal and apparently gay.
The man who killed six people in Krakow's main square on Saturday was Michal Oksinski, 24, from the town of Ostrowicz Swiatokrzyski in southern Poland.
He killed his parents and younger sister in his home before the attack, bringing the total number of dead to nine. He then drove his father's black Subaru into Krakow's main square and opened fire on passers-by with a rifle similar to an AR-15. 15 people were injured, including two policemen. He fled the scene of the crime, exchanged gunfire with the police and was arrested wounded on Dietal Street. He survived thanks to the body armor and his condition is listed as serious.
He worked on a lathe and practiced shooting sports at a club in Strachowicz. He had a permit to own two guns, while his father legally owned 11 guns. None of them had a criminal record. Interior Minister Marcin Kirwinski said one theory is that he used his father's gun, and police found many other weapons and ammunition in his car.
Defense Minister Władysław Kusiniak-Kamisz denied rumors that he had ever served in the Polish army.
Hours after the attack, Kravinsky said a "preliminary analysis" pointed to ultra-nationalist, far-right views, though he acknowledged this had not yet been confirmed.
However, screenshots of his deleted Facebook page tell a different story: a 2019 photo of him covering a portrait of Pope John Paul II with beer, a joke mocking Jesus, and a photo of him wearing a gas mask and military beret holding an LGTB flag.
Critics accuse the government of using the tragedy to attack right-wing forces ahead of the November 11 Independence Day parade.