Five people were killed and more than 10 were injured in a shooting on the main market square in Krakow, in southern Poland, on Saturday, police said.1,4
Police began receiving reports at around 3 p.m. (1400 GMT) that a person in a car entering the square was shooting at people at random, in Poland's second-largest city. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he was being kept informed, and President Karol Nawrocki said his thoughts were with the victims, those affected, and their families.1,4,5
A police spokesperson said the reports described someone in a car shooting randomly at people who entered the square. A spokesperson for the local firefighters told Polsat News that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car, and police said a car from which shots were being fired at random people had entered the square.1,4,5
"According to information from police officers, the man was wearing military-style attire," a police spokesperson told reporters. The spokesperson described an exchange of gunfire during the effort to detain the man.1,4
"During the arrest, officers used their weapons, but the man returned fire; as a result, two police officers are among the injured," the spokesperson said. Police said two officers were among the injured.1,4
"The perpetrator was shot by police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital," police wrote on X. Separately, police said several people were wounded and a suspected gunman was arrested following the incident, and the Krakow municipal government said on X that deaths and injuries were reported after shots were fired in a square, without adding details.1,4,5
The casualty figures differed in early accounts. Police put the toll at five killed and more than 10 injured. Poland's TVN24, citing the fire brigade, reported that two people were killed and at least 10 were injured.1,5
Tusk addressed the shooting in a post on X, calling it a "tragic shooting." He wrote, "I am being kept informed by the Minister of the Interior about the situation in Krakow," adding that "the police are investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack."5
France 24 said Tusk wrote on X that police are investigating a shooting and that he is being informed by the interior ministry. Reuters reported that Tusk said on X he was being kept informed about the incident.1,4
Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and is roughly 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the capital, Warsaw. Emergency personnel were photographed working near the main market square after the shooting.4,5
The police are investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack.5
