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6 Killed in Krakow Shooting Include Scottish DJ, 32

Six people are dead after a gunman opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday, and Police Scotland has confirmed that one of the victims is a 32-year-old Scottish man understood to be James Thomas Campbell, a DJ from Prestwick in South Ayrshire, according to BBC News.
Who was the Scottish victim identified in the Krakow shooting?
Campbell worked as a DJ in Ayrshire, the BBC reported. Formal identification has not yet been completed, but Police Scotland's Counter Terrorism Policing unit says it is working with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Polish authorities to confirm his identity so his family can arrange repatriation. Det Ch Insp David McAlinden, the senior investigating officer, said the force is "aware of the tragic death of a Scottish man in Krakow" and that the "immediate shared priority is to ensure that identification is properly established for the family." The family has asked for privacy, according to the BBC's reporting.
What happened during the Krakow attack on Saturday?
The shooting began shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) when a gunman drove into the square — a popular tourist site — and began firing at random people from his car, per the BBC. Armed officers reached the scene and exchanged fire with the attacker, who was shot within three minutes of the first shots, the outlet reported. Six people died in the square that day: four Polish citizens, one Austrian woman and Campbell. A further 15 people were injured, including two police officers.
What is the timeline of the attack and its aftermath?
The sequence runs across four days by the BBC's account. On Saturday, the gunman opened fire in the Main Market Square just before 15:00 local time and was shot by police within three minutes; officers also found the bodies of his parents and sister at his home that same day. Two days after the attack, by the BBC's dating, the suspect — named by local media as 24-year-old Michal Oksinski — died in hospital. The following day brought a broader accounting of what investigators knew about the attack's scope. By Tuesday, UK time, Police Scotland had confirmed the nationality of the sixth Market Square victim as Scottish, setting the stage for the identification process now underway.
Who was the gunman and did he survive?
Michal Oksinski, 24, died in hospital on Monday after being shot by police roughly three minutes into the attack, the BBC reported. Beyond the six victims in the square, officers recovered the bodies of three members of his own family — his parents and a sister — at his address the day of the shooting, bringing the full death toll tied to the incident to nine, though Polish authorities have described the Market Square toll and the family deaths as distinct findings.
What happens next for the Scottish family?
Police Scotland says its focus now is finishing formal identification so Campbell's body can be repatriated. The force is coordinating with the UK counter-terrorism policing network and Polish investigators on that process. Two Aberdeen men, Ciaran McMenemy, 26, and Charlie Hutchison, 27, told the BBC they had just sat down for drinks in the square when the gunfire started and fled to shelter nearby — one of several accounts from British visitors caught in the attack.
Questions
Who was the Scottish victim of the Krakow shooting?
He is understood to be James Thomas Campbell, 32, a DJ from Prestwick in South Ayrshire, though Police Scotland has not yet completed formal identification, according to the BBC.
How many people died in the Krakow shooting?
Six people died in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday, plus the gunman's three family members found dead at his home and the gunman himself, who died in hospital two days later, per the BBC.