At least five people have been killed and about a dozen injured in a shooting at Kraków’s Main Market Square, according to police cited by CNN and CBS News.
The shooting happened at about 3 p.m. local time on Saturday, 7 November, in the historic centre of the southern Polish city. CNN reported that a man drove onto the square and fired from inside his vehicle at people described by police as apparently random targets.
Police said the suspected gunman had been detained, CNN reported. The Associated Press said he was shot and wounded during a confrontation with officers. Police officers were among those injured, according to CNN and AP.
Casualty figures differed in the first reports. Reuters initially reported that two people had died and at least 10 were injured, citing Polish broadcaster TVN24. Later reports from CNN and CBS News, citing police, put the death toll at five and the number injured at about a dozen.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said police were investigating the shooting and that he was being kept informed by the interior minister, CNN reported. The motive has not been established in the available reporting.
Kraków is Poland’s second-largest city, and the Main Market Square is a major tourist destination. Emergency services remained at the scene, according to police updates cited by CNN. Further details about the victims and the circumstances of the shooting had not been reported.
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