Poland on Sunday (November 88, 2026) launched a terrorism probe as mourners brought candles and flowers to Krakow’s Main Market Square in tribute to six people killed by a gunman who authorities said was “fascinated by far-right ideologies”.
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Two police officers were wounded as they desperately chased the suspect, who was masked and dressed in military garb, including a bullet-proof vest. Social media images showed the two police firing at the gunman, with one managing to wound him despite his own injuries. Among the 15 wounded were nationals from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman said. Three more bodies were found at the suspect’s home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, around 150 kilometres (95 miles) northeast of Krakow.
The 24-year-old Polish man opened fire at random on Saturday (November 7) in the historic centre of the country’s second city, in what Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an act of “terrorism”. A British national was among the dead, according to police. Police said they were his parents and a sister. The man left his car at an intersection and started shooting at the officers with a semi-automatic rifle, according to police.
The National Prosecutor’s Office said it had launched a terrorism investigation. The gunman was wounded in a shootout with police and is in critical condition in hospital.
