The event occurred on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at approximately 3:00 PM (local time) in the center of Krakow, Poland. The criminal drove a car to the market square - one of the busy tourist spots in the city - and opened fire chaotically on passers-by from the car window. Tusk said the shooting in Krakow was a terrorist attack. According to the police, five people were killed. 15 others, including three policemen, were injured. The arriving security forces exchanged fire with the attacker. He was injured and arrested while trying to escape. He is hospitalized under guard. "I can confirm that the attacker is Polish," Katarzyna Cieslow, a spokeswoman for the Little Poland Police, told Onet. Some of the media write that he is 24 years old. At the same time, according to PAP and TVN, citing the Krakow police, there could have been two attackers during the shooting. One of them suffered a gunshot wound. Dozens of ambulances and a medical helicopter arrived at the square and nearby streets.

The event occurred on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at approximately 3:00 PM (local time) in the center of Krakow, Poland. The criminal drove a car to the market square - one of the busy tourist spots in the city - and opened fire chaotically on passers-by from the car window. Tusk said the shooting in Krakow was a terrorist attack. According to the police, five people were killed. 15 others, including three policemen, were injured. The arriving security forces exchanged fire with the attacker. He was injured and arrested while trying to escape. He is hospitalized under guard. "I can confirm that the attacker is Polish," Katarzyna Cieslow, a spokeswoman for the Little Poland Police, told Onet. Some of the media write that he is 24 years old. At the same time, according to PAP and TVN, citing the Krakow police, there could have been two attackers during the shooting. One of them suffered a gunshot wound. Dozens of ambulances and a medical helicopter arrived at the square and nearby streets.