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Tributes have been paid to an “exceptional” artist killed in a shooting in Krakow on Saturday that left six people dead.
Izabela Wozna, 53, was killed when the shooter drove into a market square in the city at around 3pm and opened fire. Three other people including two women and one man, believed to be the shooter’s close family, were found dead at the suspect’s home.
Wozna had just opened an exhibition the day before the attack, local media reported. She was also a mother-of-four, including 11-year-old twins, and was deeply involved in her community of Chodzież.
“She derived a great deal of satisfaction from her art and painting. She exhibited her work all over Europe. And she was certainly happy. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Jacek Gursz, the mayor of Chodzież, told TVN24.
“She had her own places, friends, daily affairs, plans and dreams. She was present in the lives of other people - and that is why her passing so deeply affects us, the residents of Chodzież.”
He added: “In moments like these, we become particularly aware of how fragile life is and how much closeness, the presence of another person, and simple kindness mean.”
