A man drove into an open market in the Polish city of Krakow and opened fire from his car, killing at least six people and injuring at least 15 others, authorities said. The shooter was shot by police and taken into custody.
The shooting happened in the Main Market Square in Krakow around 3 p.m. local time on Saturday. Krakow police said the alleged shooter began firing at random people from his car.
Police officers are among the wounded. The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a confrontation with police a short distance away from the initial violence, and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The death toll earlier stood at five, but the Malopolski regional government updated it to six in a post on X.
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In a social media post, Krakow police said the gunman is a Polish citizen and that he acted alone.
The perpetrator of the incident in Kraków’s Main Market Square is a citizen of the Republic of Poland. We deny reports that a police officer has died and that another perpetrator is being sought. The only known perpetrator of the incident is in police custody.
Katarzyna Cisło, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, told TVN24 that the suspected gunman was wearing military-style fatigues and used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many pieces of other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car.
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“I am being kept informed by the Minister of the Interior about the situation in Krakow following the tragic shooting,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media, adding that “the police are investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack.”
Other details were not immediately available.
“We are just learning details of the horrific mass shooting in Krakow, a savage and murderous attack that’s shattered the peace of Poland,” Tom Rose, the U.S. ambassador to Poland, wrote on X. “America stands with Poland at this dark hour as Poland stands with her beloved citizens of Krakow.”
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Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland, a European Union and NATO member of 38 million people.
“I saw a man shooting at people and walking around the square,” Annette, a woman in her sixties, told news wire Agence France-Presse. “It’s a tragedy for Krakow; we’ve never seen anything like this before.”
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Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and roughly 155 miles from the capital, Warsaw.
