Five killed after gunman opens fire on tourist hotspot in Krakow

November 8, 2026 — 3:13amFive people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire on a market square in Krakow, Poland, police said.The gunman aimed at random people as he drove into the city’s Main Square on Saturday afternoon local time (early Sunday morning AEDT), a major tourist destination, Krakow police said. Police officers are among the wounded.Krakow’s main market square, photographed in June.Getty Images/iStockphotoThe perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial point of attack, police said.Katarzyna Cisło, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, told TVN24 that the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and he used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many pieces of other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car.Cisło added that the gunman acted alone and that the public is safe. Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland.Images from the scene showed police officers and ambulances covering the area, which is in the centre of Krakow. A Polish Medical Air Rescue helicopter also landed in the square.A tram driver reported around 3pm that his vehicle was shot at by a man in a moving car while passing near the main square, the Krakow municipal transport company said. The window to the tram driver’s cabin was shattered.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, said police are investigating the attack.Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and roughly 250 kilometres from the capital, Warsaw. Around 15 million tourists visit Krakow annually, the majority passing through the Main Square.From our partners