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Jakub Kulik critically injured and Artur Morański also wounded after actions that ‘prevented further casualties’ Two Polish police officers who were injured as they pursued and detained the gunman in Kraków on Saturday have been hailed as heroes. One of them is Jakub Kulik, a former paratrooper and volunteer firefighter, who was left critically injured after a close-range exchange of fire with the suspect, a 24-year-old Polish national who killed six and injured 17 in an attack believed to have been inspired by far-right ideologies. Continue reading...

Poland on Sunday launched a terror probe into the mass shooting in Krakow the day before, in which six people were killed and many more were injured. Authorities have said that the 24-year-old suspect, who used a semi-automatic rifle in his killing spree, was “fascinated by far-right ideologies”. He is currently in critical condition in hospital. France 24 journalist Adrien Sariat reports from Poland.

Poland has launched a terrorism investigation after a deadly shooting left six people dead and 16 injured. The 24-year-old Polish suspect was reportedly fascinated by far-right ideologies. Authorities are investigating the possible extremist motive as Krakow's main square remains sealed. Two days of national mourning have been declared for the victims.

Tourists and locals alike witnessed a mass shooting in Krakow, Poland, that left six people dead and 15 wounded

The attack, which Poland's defense minister described as an "act of terror," happened in Main Square, a major tourist hub in the heart of Krakow's Old Town.

At least nine people were dead and at least 16 injured after shootings in Krakow and another town, the police said. The motive remains unclear.

Officials say suspect holds far-right views and three people found dead at his home were his parents and sister Polish prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation after a 24-year-old man opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, killing six people including a Briton and injuring 17, in an attack that authorities said was probably inspired by far-right ideologies. Police confirmed on Sunday that three people found dead at the gunman’s home after the attack on Saturday afternoon were his father, 53, mother, 52, and sister, 21. Continue reading...

Poland is in mourning after a 24-year-old man with far-right views drove into a busy square in Krakow and opened fire, killing six people and wounding 15

Mourners left candles in Krakow's main market square to honor the victims of the attack. Police confirmed that the bodies found at the suspect's home were those of his parents and sister.

Video authenticated by BBC Verify shows the moment gunshots rang out in Krakow's main market square.

Poland on Sunday launched a terror probe into the mass shooting in Krakow the day before, in which six people were killed and many more were injured. Authorities have said that the 24-year-old suspect, who used a semi-automatic rifle in his killing spree, was “fascinated by far-right ideologies”. He is currently in critical condition in hospital.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk describes a deadly shooting in Krakow that killed six people as an act of ‘terrorism’.

A chilling new discovery in Poland, where three bodies have reportedly been found inside the Krakow gunman's home. That's in addition to six people killed and sixteen wounded when the attacker opened fire in the city's historic square. Prime Minister Donald Tusk has now declared the shooting an act of terrorism, saying Poland has never experienced anything quite like it. The 25-year-old suspect, described by authorities as holding radical far-right views, was shot by police. 

A gunman who fired from a car killed at least six people, including a British tourist, in Krakow's main market square. The suspect was wounded by police and taken to a hospital.

A gunman who fired from a car killed at least six people, including a British tourist, in Krakow's main market square. Officials said the shooter was fascinated with "radical" and "far right' ideologies.

A suspect who fired from a car killed at least six people, including a British tourist, in Krakow's main market square. Officials said the man was fascinated with "radical" and "far-right" ideologies.

At least six people were killed and a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire on the busy central square in the Polish city of Krakow. Police say the shooter, who was eventually apprehended by police, was in an SUV and used a military-style weapon.

At least six people were killed by a gunman in military fatigues who opened fire in Poland's second largest city.

A gunman, reportedly wearing military-style fatigues, allegedly opened fire from a moving vehicle on Kraków, Poland's Main Square, killing five and injuring at least 12.

Reports say man fired shots from from his car in Poland’s second city before being caught while trying to flee Kraków shooting – latest updates Six people have been killed and 15 injured after a shooting in a market square in Kraków, Poland. A man who had driven into the square at about 3pm began “firing at random people from his car”, according to a statement by local police on X. Continue reading...

Five people have been killed and at least 10 injured in a shooting near the main market square in Krakow, Poland.

Krakow police said a man who had driven onto the square began firing at random people from his car.

Authorities in Poland are investigating a shooting that left five people dead and at least a dozen injured in the Main Market Square in Krakow, a cultural center of the historic city, according to officials.

The authorities said that the gunman, who began shooting from a car near a market square, was shot and taken to a hospital.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, said police are investigating the attack 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. Continue reading...

At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a shooter opened fire in a market square in Krakow.

At least five people were killed and about a dozen injured after a shooter opened fire from a car in Krakow's main market square.

At least six people were killed and fifteen injured after a shooter opened fire from a car in Krakow's main market square.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says police are investigating after 'tragic shooting' in second-largest city.