British man who died in Kraków shooting named as James Campbell

British man who died in Kraków shooting named as James Campbell

Campbell, 32, from Prestwick, South Ayrshire, was one of six people killed in the 7 November attack in Polish city

The British man who died in a shooting in Kraków has been named as 32-year-old James Campbell.

Campbell, a DJ from Prestwick, South Ayrshire, was one of six people killed in the 7 November shooting in the Polish city by a 24-year-old gunman, who is also suspected of murdering three members of his own family.

The gunman shot dead four Polish citizens and an Austrian woman, as well as injuring another British man, Harry Marchant, and 14 other people, when he drove into Kraków’s central market square and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

Police Scotland said it was supporting Campbell’s family, though it added that formal identification was yet to be carried out.

Prosecutors have identified the gunman as Michał Oksiński, 24, from the south-eastern town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

He was dressed in military garb and initially believed to have been inspired by “far-right ideologies”, though prosecutors said later that his reasons for killing nine people, including his parents and a sister, who were found dead at the family home in another town, remained unclear.

Two police officers, who were seriously wounded in the chase, shot Oksiński at an intersection near the market square.

In brief

Campbell, 32, from Prestwick, South Ayrshire, was one of six people killed in the 7 November attack in Polish city The British man who died in a shooting in Kraków has been named as 32-year-old James Campbell. The gunman shot dead four Polish citizens and an Austrian woman, as well as injuring another British man, Harry Marchant, and 14 other people, when he drove into Kraków’s central market square and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

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