Lithuanian parliament honors Krakow attack victims with minute of silence

Lithuania’s parliament held a minute of silence on Tuesday for those killed in an attack in Krakow, LRT reported.

Parliament Speaker Juozas Olekas said he had signed a condolence book at the Polish Embassy on Monday, expressing solidarity with the victims’ families and loved ones on behalf of himself and parliament.

Olekas wrote that Lithuania stood in solidarity with Poland and that the two countries were linked by strong ties of friendship, good-neighbourliness and mutual support. President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius also signed the condolence book on Monday.

Six people, including two foreign nationals, were killed in Saturday’s attack in Krakow, Poland’s second-largest city. About 15 others were injured, one of whom remains in critical condition. The attacker’s parents and sister were also found dead at his family home in another city.

The 24-year-old Polish suspect was injured in a shootout with police and died in hospital, according to a report on Monday. Poland declared two days of mourning from Sunday.