Shooting in Kraków: six dead on the main square, three more bodies found in the shooter's house

In central Kraków, a man opened fire on random passers-by from a car on the main market square. Six people were killed, including a British citizen. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the incident a terrorist attack; the bodies of three people, believed to be his relatives, were found in the attacker's house.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 8 November 2026 at 02:212 min read

The key facts

At around 15:00, a shooter in a car fired at random people on Kraków's main square; he was wounded by police and hospitalized
Six people were killed, including a British citizen; DW reports 16 wounded, Life.ru reports 15
The bodies of two women and a man, believed to be his close relatives, were found in the shooter's house; the total death toll across the two episodes reached nine

Attack on the main square

On Saturday at around 15:00 (14:00 GMT), a man drove a car onto Kraków's main market square — a popular tourist spot — and began shooting at random people from the vehicle, police said. According to Deutsche Welle, at least six people were killed and sixteen were wounded, including police officers. Life.ru puts the number of wounded at 15; the discrepancy between the outlets remains unclarified. The attacker, a 25-year-old Polish citizen acting alone, was wounded in a shootout with police and taken to hospital.

The victims and the condition of the wounded officers

The head of the Polish police, Marek Boroń said that among the six dead were four women and two men: three Polish citizens, a British citizen, and two people not yet identified. According to him, one of the victims was a foreign national. He also said that two wounded police officers had undergone surgery and remain in serious condition. According to Kraków police, the shooter was dressed in military-style clothing and a bulletproof vest and used a long-barreled weapon; numerous other types of weapons and ammunition were found in his car.

Bodies found in the shooter's house and the authorities' assessment

Later, the bodies of two women and a man, believed to be his close relatives, were discovered in the attacker's house. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police had spotted the presumed dead on images from a drone flying over the shooter's house. Taking these findings into account, the total number of deaths in the two episodes reached nine — figures cited by Life.ru. Tusk called what happened a 'brutal attack on human lives' and an act of terrorism, noting that 'Poland has never before seen such a grave case of terrorism,' and declared two days of mourning. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said the shooter was 'fascinated by far-right ideologies' and held 'highly radical views'; according to him, five of the wounded were not Polish citizens. Condolences were expressed by Polish President Karol Nawrocki, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who said that 'Poland is not alone,' and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.