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British DJ named as victim of deadly Krakow market square shooting

A 32-year-old Scottish DJ has been named as one of six people killed during a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on November 7.

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The British man killed during a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on 7 November has been named as 32-year-old James Campbell, according to the Guardian. Campbell was a DJ from Prestwick, South Ayrshire. As FTMQ News reported earlier, his middle name was Thomas. [1][6]

The Guardian reported that a 24-year-old gunman drove into the central market square in Krakow and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. The attack killed four Polish citizens, an Austrian woman, and Campbell. Another British man, Harry Marchant, was injured alongside 14 other people, bringing the total number of injured to 15, according to the outlet. FTMQ News previously reported that 16 people were injured, while police shot the suspect, who later died in hospital. [1][3][6]

The gunman was identified as 24-year-old Michał Oksiński, who drove through the Main Square during the assault. Following the shooting, police discovered the bodies of three of his family members at their apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The Guardian noted that Police Scotland is involved in the ongoing response to the incident. [1][3][6]

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In short

  • James Campbell, a 32-year-old DJ from Prestwick, South Ayrshire, was killed in the Krakow mass shooting on 7 November.
  • Six people died in the attack, including four Polish citizens, an Austrian woman, and Campbell.
  • The 24-year-old gunman, Michał Oksiński, fired from a car in Krakow's central market square before being shot by police.
  • Police later found three of the gunman's family members dead in an apartment in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]British man who died in Kraków shooting named as James CampbellThe Guardian, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

  1. [2]Jamie Campbell Bower on Wikipedia
  2. [3]2026 Kraków shooting on Wikipedia
  3. [4]Mads Mikkelsen on Wikipedia
  4. [5]James Campbell on Grokipedia
  5. [6]Scottish man named among six killed in Krakow shooting FTMQ News, 3h ago
  6. [7]Tiger will not be euthanized after fatal attack at British zoo FTMQ News, 30d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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