Lukas and Emil Ended up in the Middle of the Shooting: "We Ran for Our Lives"
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Several Swedes ran for their lives when the shooter in Kraków opened fire. The next day, some of them returned to the square to try to grasp what had happened. “You question yourself – have we witnessed an act of terrorism?” says Anna Engberg from Gothenburg.
Lukas Lövkvist and Emil Magnusson found themselves in the middle of the chaos when a 24-year-old man suddenly opened fire on the Main Square in Krakow on Saturday afternoon. – It was very scary because you didn't know where the perpetrator was. It felt like he was 50 meters away, says Emil Magnusson.
Dutchman Rufus (40) in the Middle of Krakow Shooting Drama: 'No Taxis to Be Found, It Is Pure Chaos'
Rufus Lek (40) has lived in Krakow for eighteen years, specifically at the intersection where the suspect in a fatal shooting was shot this Saturday. He was close to the scene of the tragedy when he heard the first shots. "I immediately ran away and took shelter in a bar, where I am still now," he says.
Friends Emil, 21, and Lukas, 24, were standing on the Main Square in Krakow, enjoying the sun. Then they heard a loud bang – and then several more. – We just ran and ran, says Emil Magnusson.
I heard six, seven shots. The perpetrator ran through the crowd of fleeing people and headed towards Wawel Castle. Then more shots were fired," Marek Szczepański, a former police negotiator who witnessed the dramatic events, told TVP Info about the shooting in Krakow.
Posting graphic footage of the shooting in central Krakow on social media not only violates the privacy of the victims but, above all, provides fuel for potential imitators, warns Professor Tomasz Grzyb. A social psychologist from SWPS University calls for reflection on how we, as a society, react to tragedies and how we use our emotions online.
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