2 minutes and 3 seconds. That's how long the chase for the perpetrator of the shooting in Krakow lasted
Quick Look
- On Saturday afternoon, 24-year-old Michał O. from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski drove a black Subaru into Krakow's Main Market Square and opened fire on people.
- After a chase and an exchange of fire with the police, he was injured and detained.
- Two policemen were injured.
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Why It Matters
There was a shooting in the center of Krakow on Saturday afternoon. The attacker drove his car into the Main Square and started shooting at random people, and then fled from the police, which ended in an exchange of fire on Dietla Street.
On Saturday afternoon, 24-year-old Michał O. from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski drove a black Subaru into Krakow's Main Market Square and started shooting at people there. After a chase and an exchange of fire with the police, he was injured, detained and taken to hospital.
According to the latest information provided by the police, the attacker fired the first shots in the Main Market Square at the intersection of Sławkowska and Szczepańska streets at 14:59, and at 15:01 the first police patrol started the pursuit. The graphics attached to platform X show that the policemen set off from the vicinity of ul. Sienna.
Spokeswoman of the Małopolska Police, Deputy Insp. Katarzyna Cisło emphasized that exactly 2 minutes and 3 seconds passed from the moment of the chase to the events on Dietla Street, where there was an exchange of fire between the attacker and the police.
The first reports were received 15 seconds after 15
In Sunday's entry on the X platform, the police indicated that the first reports to the emergency notification center were received on Saturday 15 seconds after 15. In total - it was emphasized - almost 40 reports were recorded.
The police emphasized that city guards were at the scene two minutes after the report. In the third minute, the police intervened. During this time, there was an exchange of fire with the attacker, and the officers gave chase. According to the police, other patrols joined the scene, directed to the spot by the officer on duty.
The police added that after four minutes, emergency medical teams arrived at the scene, and in the sixth minute - the first units of the State Fire Service.
A total of 30 police crews, 24 State Fire Service units and 62 firefighters and rescuers were involved in the operation.
Shooting in the center of Krakow
On Saturday after 15, dramatic scenes took place in the center of Krakow. A masked man drove into the Main Square in a black Subaru and then started shooting at random people.
The car moved through the city center until the intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets, where it collided with another car. A moment later, there was an exchange of fire with the police. Two officers and the perpetrator were injured.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The perpetrator will be accused and brought to trial for shooting and injuring police officers.
Very likely · Within weeks
The police will conduct a detailed investigation into the attacker's motives and the circumstances of the incident.
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What were the attacker's motives?
- What is the health condition of the injured policemen and the perpetrator?
- Did the attacker act alone or did he have accomplices?
- What charges will the perpetrator face?
