A Shooting in the Polish City of Krakow Killed 6 People. Here's What to Know
Police are investigating a possible far-right motive after the attack killed 6 people and injured 15, officials said.
- On Saturday, a gunman opened fire near Kraków's Main Market Square, killing six people and wounding 15 before police shot and incapacitated him; authorities are investigating the incident as a terrorist offense.
- Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński stated the 24-year-old attacker was influenced by far-right ideology; authorities discovered three family members dead at his home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers northeast of Kraków.
- Sixteen people remain hospitalized, including five foreign nationals, according to police; two officers who stopped the gunman sustained serious injuries and are being treated at Narutowicz hospital.
- Kraków declared an official period of mourning from Sunday through Wednesday, and the city paused the traditional St. Mary's Trumpet Call—a five-note melody played hourly since World War II—in tribute to victims.
- Counterterrorism researcher Kacper Rekawek, based at the International Center for Counterterrorism in The Hague, Netherlands, said the attack resembled European "lone wolf" incidents; authorities are reviewing security for Polish Independence Day events on November 11.
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Six people were killed and another 15 injured when a man dressed in military fatigues opened fire in one of Krakow's most popular squares on Saturday. The gunman's family was later found shot dead in his home.
Six people have been killed and at least 15 injured after a man opened fire on random people in the Polish city of Kraków on Saturday. Poland's prime minister is describing the attack as terror. Follow developments here.
Gunman who killed 6 people in Krakow has ‘ultranationalistic’ views, authorities say
KRAKOW(AP): A Polish man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow on Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him, authorities said. The attack, which Poland’s defence minister described as an “act of terror”, happened in Main Square, which is in the heart of Krakow’s Old Town and is a major tourist hub in the country’s second-largest city.
Polish gunman who killed 6 people in Krakow has 'ultranationalistic' views, authorities say (World)
A Polish man with far-right views drove into a busy central square in Krakow on Saturday and opened fire, killing six people and injuring 15 others before police shot and wounded him, authorities said. The attack, which Poland's defense minister described as an 'act of terror,' happened in Main Squa...
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