At least six people have been killed and 15 more wounded when a gunman opened fire from his car in the southern Polish city of Kraków, officials said on Saturday, adding that three more people were found dead at his home.

Police started getting reports of a shooting at around 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET), when the suspect drove into the city’s main market square and started firing randomly, killing four women and two men, Kraków police said.

The alleged attacker was wearing military-style clothing and used military weapons, Police Deputy Inspector Katarzyna Cisło told Polish news outlet TVN24.

He was shot and injured by police and has been transported to the hospital, police said.

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Kierwiński’s characterization, however, appears to contradict what is believed to be the suspect’s social media profile, which points in the opposite direction regarding his ideological affiliation.

One photograph shows Oksiński posing with an LGBT Pride flag while wearing a gas mask and a military-style beret. Other screenshots from his apparent Facebook account show him mocking Christianity and Pope John Paul II, including a photo featuring the late pontiff and a bottle of beer. In another exchange, he jokingly responded to a comment comparing the red lighting in a photograph to communism by calling it a ‘subliminal message’.

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    The LGBT flag and a gas mask may allude to the Nazi murders in the gas chambers. The second photo is from 7 years ago, the guy was 17 at the time, so his views may have changed drastically, and making fun of John Paul II is typical of 90% of teenagers in Poland.

    Those pictures tell nothing about him and don't necessarily contradict Kierwiński's words

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