The Lesser Poland Police (Małopolska Policja) said the perpetrator of the incident on the Main Market Square in Kraków is a Polish citizen. Officers also denied reports of a police officer’s death and of a search for a second attacker.
Police statement
The Lesser Poland Police published the update on X on Saturday, 7 November, after 5:30 p.m. The police stressed that the only known perpetrator of the incident is in the hands of officers.
Police denial
The police denied reports of a police officer’s death and of a search for another attacker. Earlier, officers had reported that police officers were among the injured.
What is known about the incident
According to an earlier police statement, at around 3 p.m. a man drove a car onto the Main Market Square and began shooting at random people. The perpetrator was detained. We described the start of the incident in our article about the shooter’s detention from a car on the Market Square.
The Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWiA) said that 5 people were killed in the shooting and more than a dozen are injured. Minister of Interior Marcin Kierwiński is travelling to Kraków, and the prime minister is being kept informed. We presented detailed information about the victims in our article reporting that five people have died and more than a dozen are injured.
The MSWiA urged people to refrain from spreading unverified information. As of publication, the police have not disclosed the perpetrator’s identity or motive.
