Overview
- Police say a gunman opened fire from a moving car in Kraków’s Main Market Square around 3 p.m. on Saturday, striking people gathered near an antigovernment protest.
- Authorities reported multiple fatalities and many wounded, with early tallies from different agencies ranging from at least five dead to six dead and roughly 10 to 15 injured.
- Police say the attacker is a 25-year-old Polish man who acted alone, used an unregistered black Subaru and a semi‑automatic AR‑15, and wore military camouflage.
- Officers shot and detained a suspect about an hour after the shooting, emergency crews took him to a hospital and he is under interrogation where he allegedly said he fired at random.
- National and local officials secured the area, urged people to stay away from the square, and opened a formal investigation while social media reports of terrorism remain unconfirmed.