Scottish Man Confirmed Among Victims of Krakow Mass Shooting

Krakow shooting Scottish victim James Thomas Campbell, Digi Mart USA News (Krakow, Poland): A Scottish man has been confirmed as one of the victims of a mass shooting in Poland that left six people dead.

The man is understood to be James Thomas Campbell from Prestwick in South Ayrshire, who died when a lone gunman opened fire in central Krakow on Saturday. Campbell, 32, worked as a DJ in Ayrshire.

Police Scotland said it was providing specialist support to the victim’s family, but formal identification has yet to be carried out.

The 24-year-old attacker, named as Michal Oksinski by local media, died in hospital on Monday. He had also fatally shot four Polish citizens and an Austrian woman, and 15 people, including two police officers, were injured.

Det Ch Insp David McAlinden, senior investigating officer from Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Policing unit, said the force was “aware of the tragic death of a Scottish man in Krakow.” He added that Police Scotland, working with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, is supporting the UK counter-terrorism policing network and the Polish authorities.

“The immediate shared priority is to ensure that identification is properly established for the family, so that repatriation can take place as quickly as possible,” McAlinden said. “The family has asked for their privacy to be respected.

Our thoughts are with them and everyone impacted by this incident.”

The attack began shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) in Krakow’s Main Market Square, a popular tourist spot. Police said the gunman drove into the square before beginning to fire at random people from his car.

Armed officers raced to the scene and engaged in a gunfight with the man, who was shot within three minutes of the attack beginning.

In addition to the six people killed in central Krakow, police later found the bodies of the gunman’s parents and sister at his address on Saturday.

Earlier this week, two friends from Aberdeen, Ciaran McMenemy, 26, and Charlie Hutchison, 27, described how they ran for their lives as the shooting started. They said they had just sat down for a drink when the gunfire began, and quickly fled and took shelter.