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Kraków Shooting Sunday morning update: Some pretty grim details have emerged overnight. Police have found three bodies at the gunman's home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 km northeast of Kraków. They are believed to be his mother, father and sister, although their identities have not yet been formally confirmed. The suspect's sister normally lived in Kraków and had apparently returned to Ostrowiec to visit her parents. Neighbours described the parents as friendly, sociable people. One said they had celebrated New Year's Eve together. They also knew about the family's interest in firearms. According to one neighbour, the father and son regularly visited a shooting range together, sometimes every Sunday morning. The suspect is 24 years old and had a firearms permit. Polish media report that he was a member of the Świt shooting club in Starachowice and had two legally registered firearms. His father reportedly owned another eleven. That means the father and son had thirteen registered firearms between them. The suspect reportedly trained as a lathe operator at a vocational school in Ostrowiec. The defence minister has confirmed that he never served in the Polish military, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. As for his possible motive, there's still very little new information. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said yesterday that the gunman held very radical views and appeared to be fascinated by far-right ideologies. But we haven't yet been told what investigators found to support that assessment, whether he had links to any extremist organisations, or whether those beliefs motivated the shooting. We also know more about the two police officers who confronted him. They've been named as Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański. One suffered three gunshot wounds and the other was shot once. Both underwent surgery, and overnight reports described their conditions as stable, although their injuries are serious. Jakub Kulik was previously a soldier with Poland's 6th Airborne Brigade and had only recently joined the police. His former military unit has issued an urgent appeal for blood donations, specifically AB Rh-positive. On how quickly the police responded: The first emergency call came in at exactly 15:00:15 yesterday. Police say the first patrol began responding just 23 seconds later. By approximately 15:03, officers were already exchanging gunfire with the attacker. Thirty police patrols were deployed altogether. Six people were killed in Kraków, four women and two men. Three Polish women and a British citizen have been identified among the dead. The identities of the other two had not been confirmed at last night's briefing. Reports on the number injured range from 15 to 17, including the two police officers. Five of the injured are foreign nationals, from Austria, Germany, Portugal, Russia and Britain. The gunman was also wounded and remains in hospital. Poland is observing two days of national mourning today and tomorrow, Sunday and Monday. Kraków has declared mourning until Wednesday. https://t.co/AI7DmvTVCa