Shooting in Krakow. The police are asking people to avoid the city center

The Małopolska police appeal to Krakow residents and tourists to change their plans and not go to the city center in the evening. The Main Market Square, where the tragic shooting took place, remains closed. Police officers and prosecutors are working on site.

We need peace, we need silence, we need no one to trample on our tracks. A bus has been placed at the Main Market Square with investigative police officers on duty. All people who were eyewitnesses to the incident are asked to approach the vehicle to give their testimony - appealed Sub-Inspector Katarzyna Cisło, spokeswoman of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Krakow.

Shooting in Krakow

The shooting in the center of Krakow took place after 15:00 on Saturday. The black Subaru entered the Main Market Square from ul. Sławkowska, and then headed to ul. Grodzka. A masked attacker was sitting inside the vehicle and shooting at random people with a firearm.

The perpetrator of the attack was a 24-year-old Pole from the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. He was detained near the intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets. He was shot by policemen and taken to hospital. The police found many weapons and ammunition in his car.

6 people (four women and two men) were killed in the attack and 15 were injured. The injured include two policemen, one of whom is in a very serious condition.