{"id":230082,"date":"2026-11-08T01:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/six-dead-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-krakow-market-square-with-three-more-victims-found-at-suspects-home-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T01:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T01:51:03","slug":"six-dead-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-krakow-market-square-with-three-more-victims-found-at-suspects-home-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/six-dead-after-gunman-opens-fire-in-krakow-market-square-with-three-more-victims-found-at-suspects-home-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Six dead after gunman opens fire in Krak\u00f3w market square, with three more victims found at suspect\u2019s home – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suspect was influenced by far-right ideology and held \u2018ultra-nationalistic\u2019 views, says Polish interior minister
Six people have been killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Krak\u00f3w, authorities said, in what Poland\u2019s defence minister called an \u201cact of terror\u201d on the people of the city.
The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire with an automatic weapon in the city\u2019s main square at about 3pm on Saturday.
He was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held \u201cvery radical\u201d and \u201cultra-nationalistic\u201d views, the Polish interior minister, Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski, said at a news conference.
Four women and two men were killed, one of them a British citizen, Polish police said. Three of the victims were Polish women and the remaining two victims had not been identified.
The foreign nationals wounded were from Britain, Austria, Germany, Portugal and Russia, a Polish government spokesperson said.
The \u2060injured included two police \u2060officers, one of whom is in a serious condition after being shot three times in the exchange of fire with the alleged attacker.
Late on Saturday night, Poland\u2019s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said two more women and one man had also been found dead in the suspect\u2019s home, most likely members of his family, he added.
The Polish defense minister, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz, called Saturday\u2019s fatal shooting an \u201cact of terror\u201d on the people of Krakow, Poland\u2019s second-largest city, which receives 15 million visitors a year, most of them passing through the main square.
A tram driver reported about 3pm that his vehicle was shot at from a man in a moving car while passing nearby the main square, the Krakow municipal transport company said. The window to the tram driver\u2019s cabin was shattered.
On Saturday evening, government spokesperson Adam Sz\u0142apka wrote on X: \u201cToday\u2019s event in Krak\u00f3w has shaken all of Poland,\u201d adding that Tusk was \u201con his way to Krak\u00f3w\u201d
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The justice minister, Waldemar \u017burek, wrote on X that authorities would \u201censure that the perpetrator of this crime is held fully accountable and severely punished\u201d.
The Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, said he was \u201cdeeply concerned by reports of the tragic events\u201d in Krak\u00f3w, and that his thoughts are with victims, those injured and their families.
Earlier this year, Euronews reported<\/a> that the number of legally owned firearms in Poland surpassed 1m for the first time.
Poland issued a record 50,700 gun permits in 2025, and the number of active permits registered in 2025 was almost double the number registered in 2015, according to the police statistics cited in the report.
Sunday and Monday will be a period of national mourning for the victims of the attack.<\/p>\n

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