Polish minister points to far-right inspiration after Kraków shooting

BBC News's follow-up moves from eyewitness accounts to the suspected motive and the start of national mourning.

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Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 44,498 views.

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0:13Footage shows an empty Main Market Square before the live report from BBC Polska correspondent Magda Miś.
1:15Miś describes the suspect's confrontation with police after driving into the square.
2:00The anchor asks about three bodies found at the suspect's home, believed by police to be relatives.
2:26The discussion turns to reports linking the suspect to far-right sympathies.
2:45Miś describes the start of national mourning and the normally busy square's sombre atmosphere.
4:20Asked about a national extremism debate, Miś says mourning remains the immediate focus.

An empty Main Market Square forms the backdrop to Magda Miś's BBC report from Kraków, a day after the shooting that killed six people, including a British citizen.

Following the eyewitness account we reported here, this update turns to the authorities' assessment of the suspect and Poland's response. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński says the Polish national held "very radical views" and that everything indicates he was inspired by far-right ideologies. Those are the minister's assessments, not an established explanation of the attack.

Police say the suspect drove into the square and began firing at random people from his car. In the live exchange, Miś describes the subsequent confrontation with police in an adjacent street. Two officers were injured, and the suspect is critically injured in hospital, the BBC reports.

The broadcast also addresses the discovery of three bodies at the suspect's home. Miś says police believe they were members of his family.

The new upload drew about 44,000 views in its first three hours. Its closing discussion returns to the city rather than the gunman: national mourning has begun, and the square that Miś describes as normally crowded with tourists and locals stands quiet. Asked whether a wider debate about extremism has started, she says the immediate focus remains grief for the victims.

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