Five people have died and more than 10 have been injured in a shooting on the main market square in Krakow, police said on Saturday.“The perpetrator was shot by police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital,” police wrote on X.A police spokesperson said the force began to receive reports at around 3pm local time (2pm Irish time) that a car from which shots were being fired at random people had entered the square.He was dressed in military-style clothing and used a military-type firearm, police said.Police are understood to be among the wounded. A spokesperson for the local firefighters also told Polsat News that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car. 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 250km from the capital, Warsaw.This is a breaking story and will be updated. -Reuters/Guardian(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2026
Five killed after shooting in Krakow’s main market square
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