Five people were killed and at least 12 were injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon (the 7th) at a fair in Kraków, Poland. The shooter targeted random people as he drove toward the Main Square, a major tourist destination in the city center, Kraków police said. Police officers are among the injured.
The shooter was shot and wounded during a confrontation with police. Footage from the scene showed police and ambulances covering the area, which is in the city center. A helicopter from the Polish Medical Air Rescue also landed at the square.
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, in a post on X, said that police are investigating the attack. And the Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, said that his thoughts are with the victims, the injured, and their families. Other details were not immediately available. Mass shootings are uncommon in Poland.
Kraków is the second largest city in Poland and is located about 250 kilometers from the capital, Warsaw.
