Foreign nationals among victims of Krakow mass shooting
Six people were killed and more than a dozen hospitalised after a gunman opened fire in Krakow’s historic Main Market Square.
Foreign nationals were among those killed and injured in a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday 7 November, which left six people dead and more than a dozen others requiring hospital treatment.
The attack took place shortly before 3pm local time in the city’s Main Market Square, a popular tourist destination, when a 24-year-old Polish man opened fire on members of the public.
Four Polish nationals, one British national, and an Austrian woman were killed, while the Polish Interior Ministry confirmed that foreign nationals from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal, and Russia were among those hospitalised.
Sixteen people, including two police officers and the suspected attacker, were taken to hospital following the incident.
Armed police confronted the gunman within three minutes of the shooting beginning, according to officials, who said the rapid intervention prevented further casualties.
Two surgeons who were dining near the square when the attack began provided emergency treatment to those injured before ambulance crews arrived.
Polish authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the attack, with preliminary findings suggesting the suspect may have been influenced by far-right extremist ideologies.
Police subsequently discovered three additional victims at the suspect’s family home, identified as his parents and sister.
Krakow’s Main Market Square reopened on Sunday evening after police lifted the security cordon.
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