Krakow: Eyewitness video shows panic after fatal shots in the city center

This eyewitness video shows the panic in downtown Kraków. The worst gun attack Poland has seen in decades took place there on Saturday.

A 24-year-old Pole is said to have fired indiscriminately at passers-by from a car in Krakow's market square on Saturday afternoon. According to police, six people were killed and 16 others were injured, some of them life-threatening.

Two police officers stopped the perpetrator with several shots. During the exchange of fire, they were also seriously injured by bullets fired by the attacker.

Katarzyna Cislo, police spokeswoman:

»The shooter wore military-style clothing and used military-style weapons. Numerous weapons and ammunition were also found in his vehicle. «

According to the authorities, the fatalities were four women and two men; including a Brit. The injured include nationals from Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Portugal and Russia, an authority spokesman said.

On Saturday evening, the police discovered three more dead people at the alleged perpetrator's residence: his parents and his sister. According to investigators, they were also shot.

Why the shooter opened fire in the early afternoon and what preceded his crime was still part of the investigation.

Marcin Kierwiński, Minister of the Interior:

»Everything indicates that the shooter was influenced by right-wing extremist ideology; this will also be the subject of the investigation.”

A day after the attack, two days of national mourning were ordered in Poland. President Karol Nawrocki spoke of an “unprecedented act of terrorism.”