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Five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in the shooting in Kraków, police have said.
A police statement on X read:
The perpetrator was shot by police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital.
A police spokesperson told Reuters that they began to receive reports at around 3 pm (2pm GMT) that a car from which shots were being fired at random people had entered the square.
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Deaths reported after shooting in Kraków
A man was firing toward random people from a car driving through the city’s Main Square, Kraków police said.
Police officers are among the wounded.
Here are some of the latest images from the scene:
Kraków is the second-largest city in Poland and roughly 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the capital, Warsaw.
Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured
Five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in the shooting in Kraków, police have said.
A police statement on X read:
The perpetrator was shot by police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital.
A police spokesperson told Reuters that they began to receive reports at around 3 pm (2pm GMT) that a car from which shots were being fired at random people had entered the square.
Deaths reported after shooting in Kraków
A shooter opened fire in a market square in the Polish city of Kraków, leaving people dead and injured, authorities said.
The shooting occurred in the Main Square in Krakow, the municipal government said on X.
A spokesperson for the local firefighters told Polsat News that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, said police are investigating the attack.
Other details were not immediately available.
We’ll bring you updates as we get them.
Source: The Guardian · Hamish Mackay
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