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Poland Shooting: Surgeon Who Assisted Wounded Police Officer 'Undoubtedly Saved His Life'

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One of the men, Professor Michal Pędziwiatr, when they got to the scene, they treated both the alleged gunman and the police officers.

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They came for lunch with their families. A few minutes later, they were kneeling in the street between the shot police officers and the wounded attacker, fighting for their lives. The surgeons, Michał Pędziwiatr and Mateusz Wierdak, both in their forties, found themselves just a few dozen meters from the scene of the Krakow attack on Saturday afternoon, in which the armed 24-year-old Michał O., murdered several people and injured others. Among t…

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One of the doctors who rushed to save lives spoke about the tragedy that unfolded in the Krakow square, when a 24-year-old opened fire and killed six people. Professor Michał Penziwiatr and Dr. Mateusz Wirwdak were having lunch with their families in a restaurant located right next to the scene of the shooting. Just a minute before the first shots were heard, the doctors had left the restaurant. Professor Penziwiatr, as the Polish se reports, in…

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The two doctors were with their families near the scene of the attack and rushed to help the injured - "When you save a life, it doesn't matter who the person is in front of you"

·Marousi, Greece
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“When it comes to saving lives, it doesn’t matter who is who,” one of them said later. Both were renowned surgeons in the city and were at a restaurant with their families when the gunman opened fire.

·Hungary
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Six people were killed and 16 injured in the Krakow massacre. Two doctors rushed to the scene, one of whom stopped the severe bleeding of a policeman who had been shot in the chest.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Gândul broke the news on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
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