"He was shooting at policemen until the end." New facts about the perpetrator of the shooting in Krakow

The drama took place at approximately 15. To the Main Market Square in Krakow from the side of ul. A black Subaru entered Sławkowska. The driver started shooting at random passers-by. The chase for the attacker began. He was stopped at the intersection of ul. Dietl and Stradomska. There, the policemen started shooting at him. There was an exchange of fire.

He falls to the ground and continues shooting at the policemen

As Katarzyna Cisło, spokeswoman for the Małopolska police, said at an evening press conference, the attacker was wearing a bulletproof vest. He was dressed in a camouflage outfit. Videos that appeared online show that he was wearing a vest when shots were fired by police officers. Even though the man falls, he continues to shoot at the police. These recordings show that he kept shooting at the policemen until the end, Cisło said. The man was taken to hospital and is undergoing surgery. The police denied earlier information that there were two attackers.

Katarzyna Cisło said at a press conference that the perpetrator of the shooting did not have any documents with him. However, the police determined that he was a 24-year-old resident of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. He is a Polish citizen. He fired a military-style long gun. In the car he was driving, the police also found other weapons and a lot of ammunition.

Everything indicates that the victims of the shooting perpetrator were accidental. Four women and two men died. 15 people are injured, including two policemen. The condition of one of them is serious.

Krakow police appeal - avoid the Main Square and the surrounding area

Police officers are constantly working on the Main Market Square and its surroundings. As Katarzyna Cisło explained, the police's appeal not to go out to the Market Square in the evening is only so as not to disturb the police officers conducting an inspection at the scene. These inspections take place in various places in the Market Square.