Saturday 07 / November / 2026
At least five people were killed and about a dozen wounded in a shooting near the main market square in the southern Polish city of Krakow on Saturday.
The perpetrator has been shot and detained by police, authorities said.
He has been taken to a hospital, police said.
Shooter aimed at random people, police say
According to Krakow police, the gunman aimed at random people as he drove by the city's main square. Among the wounded are police officers.
"At around 3 pm [1400 GMT], a man who had driven into the market square in a car began shooting at random people from inside the vehicle," police said on X.
"The perpetrator was shot by police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital," police said.
Initially, authorities urged people in the immediate vicinity to evacuate to a safe place.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X that police are investigating the attack and called it a "tragic" incident to have occurred.
