A gunman opened fire from a car in Krakow on Saturday, killing at least five people near the main market square in Poland’s second-largest city, the Polish authorities said.
“At around 3 p.m., a man began firing at random people from a car he had driven into the square,” the local police said on social media. The unidentified gunman had been shot by the police, the authorities said, and he was taken to a hospital.
The police said that several people had also been wounded, including police officers.
Footage from a webcam overlooking Krakow’s main market square showed a largely empty square later on Saturday afternoon, with a helicopter, ambulances and police cars, while bystanders cleared out the square as the authorities cordoned off the area.
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said the interior minister had briefed him about Krakow’s “tragic shooting.”
“Police are investigating the motive and all the circumstances surrounding the attack,” he said on social media.
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