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Czech Police Increase Armed Patrols After Krakow Shooting
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In Short: Czech police are stepping up armed patrols in crowded public places following a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland, where six people were killed and 16 injured.
At least six people were killed and 16 others were injured after shots were fired in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday, according to regional police.
The gunman, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, drove a car into the square and began shooting at random people, wearing military-style camouflage clothing and armed with an AR-15-style rifle.
The attack began shortly before 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) in Krakow's Main Market Square, a bustling central point of the city.
Czech police are increasing armed patrols in crowded public places despite having no direct connection to the attack.
Background
The U.S. ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose, wrote on X, 'We are just learning details of the horrific mass shooting in Krakow.
What's confirmed
- At least six people were killed and 15 others were injured after shots were fired in a market square in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday, according to regional police.
- Katarzyna Cisło, a Krakow police spokesperson, told ABC News the suspect was wearing military-style camouflage clothing, though not an official military uniform, and was reportedly armed with an AR-15-style rifle.
- Emergency services are urging people not to approach areas where police officers and rescue workers are operating, according to the Krakow municipal government.
- "investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack."
- "The only known perpetrator of the incident is in police custody," police said.
- "heroic police officers who risked their lives."
- The man -- a Polish citizen -- drove a car onto Krakow's Main Market Square and began shooting at random people, said police.
- To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video According to Krakow police, the gunman aimed at random people as he drove by the city's main square.
- A shooting in the main market square of Krakow in Poland killed at least six people and wounded more than a dozen on Saturday, local police said, adding that the gunman was a Polish citizen and that they had shot and wounded him.
- Six people were killed and 15 wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, authorities said.
- Four of the victims killed in the shooting were women, and two were men, according to Krakow Police.
- "As a result of the incident, five people were killed, and around a dozen others were wounded," a Krakow police spokesperson said, adding that the gunman was "neutralised" by police officers and transported to hospital.
What's still developing
- Poland's police said on Saturday, November 7, that six people had been killed and a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire in the landmark historic centre of its second city of Krakow.
- New video shows the suspected terrorist attack at the Old Town Square in Krakow, Poland. 1.
- Fox News correspondent Stephanie Bennett joins ‘Fox News Live’ to report on the deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland, where a gunman opened fire on people in the city’s Main Square before exchanging gunfire with police.
- There are 16 people in Krakow hospitals, including five foreigners; 13 were brought in as the most serious emergency cases, according to Kierwinski.
- Fox News correspondent Stephanie Bennett joins ‘Fox Report’ with the latest on the deadly Krakow shooting as Poland’s prime minister says three people were found dead in the gunman’s home.
- A gunman described as having “ultranationalistic” beliefs killed three relatives in his home, as well as six-others whom he shot while driving through a public square in Krakow, Poland, officials said, in what the country’s defense minister characterized as a “terror attack” Saturday.
- Police said officers shot and detained the man, who acted alone.