Gunman kills six in Kraków square, including a British citizen
A 25-year-old Polish man opened fire with an automatic weapon from a moving car in Kraków’s Main Market Square at about 3pm local time on Saturday, killing four women and two men and wounding 16, among them two police officers and five foreigners. Polish police said one of the dead was a British citizen. Interior minister Marcin Kierwiński said: “Everything indicates he was fascinated by far-right ideologies.”
Poland’s defence minister called it an “act of terror”. Late on Saturday Donald Tusk confirmed three bodies, believed to be the suspect’s parents and sister, had been found at his home in Ostrowiec Šwiętokrzyski. The suspect was shot by police and taken to hospital; further weapons and ammunition were found in his vehicle. Mr Tusk praised the two wounded officers as “true heroes” who “likely saved lots of lives while risking their own lives”. The injured include nationals of Austria, Germany, Portugal, Russia and Britain. Kraków has declared mourning until 11 November; legally held firearms in Poland passed one million this year after a record 50,700 permits in 2025.