Five dead and at least ten injured in shooting in Krakow – suspected perpetrator caught

Shots were fired from a car in the center of the Polish city of Krakow (Krakow). Five people were killed, the police in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship near X said. There were at least ten injured, a fire brigade spokesman told the PAP news agency. As the Polish newspaper “Fakt” reports, police officers are said to have been injured in the shooting. The alleged perpetrator was initially shot by the emergency services and then arrested.

The shots on the Great Square, the main square of the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, were fired from a moving car, the Polsat News channel reported, citing emergency services. The authorities initially appealed to people in the surrounding area to go to a safe place.

The perpetrator is said to have fired randomly at passers-by

Initially nothing was known about the background. Videos on social media showed that a rescue helicopter landed on the site. “Around 3 p.m., a man who had driven a car into the market square began shooting at random people from the vehicle,” the police said on Platform X. She confirmed that the alleged perpetrator had been arrested.