Six killed as gunman opens fire in Krakow square

Six people were killed and 15 injured in a shooting on Krakow's main market square on Saturday, Polish police said, in updated figures that raised the earlier toll of five dead.

Why it matters: A mass shooting in the centre of one of Poland's largest cities is a rare and serious public security event, and what the investigation establishes about motive will shape the political response.

Data as of Update of November 7, 2026, 13:17 Toronto: Deutsche Welle report of November 7, 2026, written with AP and Reuters and read in full via the estate browser route, for the raised police toll of at least six killed and 15 injured and for the gunman being reportedly a Polish citizen who acted alone. That corroborates the toll of six that a Russian-language headline in an earlier run's feed queue had carried uncorroborated, when this story kept the toll at five. Update of November 7, 2026, 12:13 Toronto: Press Association report of November 7, 2026, read in full in this run, for police spokesperson Katarzyna Cislo's statements to TVN24 that the gunman acted alone, wore military-style fatigues and used a military-type long gun, and that police found many other weapons and ammunition in his car. Earlier: Reuters and France 24 reports of November 7, 2026, read in full via the estate browser route (the France 24 text was read via its MSN syndication after the france24.com page itself was blocked to this reader). Casualty figures are Polish police figures and remain subject to revision. Developing item.

Latest: The death toll rose to at least six, with 15 people injured, in updated Polish police figures reported by Deutsche Welle with AP and Reuters. The gunman, reportedly a Polish citizen who acted alone, aimed at random people as he drove by the main square, police said, and was shot by officers and taken to hospital.

Earlier: The gunman acted alone, Krakow police spokesperson Katarzyna Cislo told TVN24, in remarks carried by the Press Association. She said the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and used a military-type long gun, and that police found many other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car. Police officers are among the wounded, and a tram driver reported his vehicle was shot at by a man in a moving car near the square, shattering the window of his cabin, the Krakow municipal transport company said. President Karol Nawrocki said his thoughts were with the victims, the wounded and their families.

Polish police said in their first account that five people were killed and more than 10 injured on Saturday when shots were fired at random people from a car that had entered Krakow’s main market square, with the first reports reaching police at about 3 p.m. local time. Police said officers shot the perpetrator, who was being taken to hospital, while France 24 reported the shooter was caught while trying to escape. Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X that police are investigating the shooting and that he is being briefed by the interior ministry, and no motive has been stated.

Six killed as gunman opens fire in Krakow square

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