Gunman opens fire in Krakow, killing at least five, Polish police say
Polish police say a gunman opened fire in Krakow, killing at least five people, in an attack that began from a car near a market square. The authorities described the shooting as starting in that public setting rather than inside a closed building, which helps explain why a busy urban square became the scene of a mass-casualty incident in one of Poland’s best-known cities.
Officers responded by shooting the gunman, who was then taken to a hospital. That sequence — an armed assault from a vehicle, a police intervention that stopped the attacker, and the suspect’s survival long enough to be hospitalized — is the core of what officials have confirmed so far. The death toll has been reported as at least five, a figure that police have presented as a current minimum rather than a final count.
For readers outside Poland, the essential picture is this: a gunman in Krakow used a car as the starting point for gunfire near a market square, at least five people were killed, and police shot the attacker, who was taken to hospital. No further names of victims, officials, or political parties have been given in the available account, and nothing beyond those police statements should be treated as established.
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