Krakow market square shooting leaves six dead and sixteen injured

Six people were killed and 16 others were injured after a shooting in Krakow, Poland, on Saturday afternoon. Euronews reported that a masked man in military clothing drove a car onto the Main Market Square shortly before 3 p.m. and opened fire on pedestrians as they sought shelter in nearby buildings. [1][4]

Euronews reported that police wounded and detained the suspect after an exchange of gunfire, taking him to a hospital. Euronews identified the attacker as a 24-year-old Polish citizen, while earlier reports from FTMQ News noted he was 25 years old. The suspect's vehicle was checked for explosives following his arrest. [1][4]

Euronews reported that police later found the bodies of the suspect's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother, and 21-year-old sister at his home. As FTMQ News reported earlier, a British citizen was among the six people killed in the square, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the event as an act of terrorism. The Telegraph reported that the incident was a far-right terror attack. [1][3][4]

As reported earlier by FTMQ News, Poland established two days of mourning following the mass shooting. Mass shootings are violent crimes where attackers kill or injure multiple individuals using firearms, with several governments acting to restrict the spread of filmed attack media. [2][4]