The key facts

  • Six people were killed in the shooting on the main market square in Krakow — four women and two men
  • Two police officers were seriously wounded, one of them in critical condition
  • The suspect is a 24-year-old Polish citizen; he was detained, wounded and is in hospital

Attack in the city center

At around 3:00 p.m. local time, a man drove a black car onto the main market square in central Krakow and opened fire indiscriminately at people there. Police detained him shortly afterwards: he resisted arrest, was wounded and is now in hospital. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru citing Polish sources.

Victims and condition of the injured

According to the police, six people were killed in the shooting — four women and two men; no police officers are among the dead. A spokesperson for the local prosecutor's office, Tomasz Waszczuk, told Radio Polska that two police officers were seriously wounded: one of them is in critical condition. The first officer sustained one gunshot wound, the second — three; he is on the operating table at the University Hospital in Krakow.

The suspect and investigative actions

According to Katarzyna Cisło, a spokesperson for the Lesser Poland police, the suspect is a 24-year-old Polish citizen, most likely a resident of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Several weapons and ammunition were seized from his car. A three-day mourning periodhas been declared in the city. Earlier, as Gazeta.Ru reported, the Prime Minister of Poland addressed politicians in connection with the shooting.