Six killed in Krakow shooting, three bodies found at suspect's home

A gunman killed six people and injured more than a dozen in an attack on Main Market Square in Krakow, Poland's second largest city, according to the BBC. Police said the attacker drove onto the square on Saturday afternoon and began randomly firing at people. The attack lasted around three minutes, and the glass front of shops were shattered by bullets and a tram was shot at.

The 25-year-old Polish man was equipped with military-style weapons and attire and was injured in a gunfight with police. One police officer was critically injured and another was expected to recover from a less serious injury. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk named the officers as Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański and said they "saved many lives" and called them "true heroes".

Tusk said another three bodies were found during a search of the suspect's home around 125 miles (200km) away from Krakow. Tusk said there were "strong indications" the two women and one man were the suspect's immediate family members. He said: "Until now in Poland we haven't had such drastic cases of terrorism... that's what we have to call this cruel attack on people's lives here in Krakow."

Four women and two men were killed in the square. Three were Polish, one was British and two have not been identified, officials said. Of the 15 injured, two were police officers and five were foreign nationals from Britain, Austria, Russia, Germany and Portugal, the interior ministry said.

Poland's Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said "everything suggests that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies" and held "ultra-nationalist views". The government said the gunman was not a member of the Polish armed forces. More weapons and ammunition were found in a car belonging to the suspect, whose name has not been confirmed.

Tusk vowed that any "possible supporters of the perpetrator" would be detained and appealed to the public for information. A massive armed police presence was deployed across Krakow on Saturday evening, as security measures were ramped up in the capital Warsaw and elsewhere. A period of mourning has been declared in Krakow until 11 November.

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