A British person is among six people killed in a mass shooting in Krakow, Polish officials have said. The shooting also left at least 16 people injured, and the alleged perpetrator was shot dead by police.
Three victims were Polish and one British, the commander-in-chief of Poland's police Marek Boron said, adding that two are yet to be identified, BBC reports.
Prime Minister's response
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he is "shocked and saddened by the appalling shooting" in the Polish city of Krakow, as he paid tribute to the families of those who were killed.
Mr Burnham said: "I'm shocked and saddened by the appalling shooting in Kraków today. My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their lives, everyone injured and all those affected by this senseless violence. The United Kingdom stands in solidarity with the people of Poland."
The attack
The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire with an automatic weapon in the city's Main Square, leaving six people dead and at least 15 injured, in what Poland's defence minister called an "act of terror" on the people of the city.
The gunman aimed at random people as he drove by the city's Main Square, a major tourist destination, Krakow police said. Police officers are among the wounded.
Four women and two men were killed. Thirteen of the 16 people injured were taken to hospital with serious injuries, and one of them was a foreign citizen.
Investigation and casualties
The alleged perpetrator was shot and wounded during a gunfight with officers a short distance away from the initial violence, police said, and was taken to hospital for surgery.
During a press conference, the Polish prime minister has said drone footage appears to show dead bodies inside the home of the suspect in the mass shooting in Krakow that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others.
Donald Tusk, prime minister of Poland, said at a news conference that the victims appear to be close members of the suspected gunman's family.
Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz called Saturday's fatal shooting an "act of terror" on the people of Krakow, Poland's second-largest city, which receives 15 million visitors a year, most of them passing through the Main Square.
Katarzyna Cislo, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, told TVN24 that the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and a bulletproof vest and he used a military-type long gun in the attack.
The attacker engaged in a "wild ride" around the Main Square, Ms Cislo said, which is why people were wounded at several locations. Videos posted on social media by witnesses show people running away from the square to take cover on small streets nearby, as well as first responders trying to resuscitate victims.
In one of the videos, a police officer is seen repeatedly shooting the attacker, who is lying on the street, only to later slowly collapse himself to the ground.
Police found many other weapons, as well as ammunition, in his car. He kept firing at the police even after being shot himself, she said. Ms Cislo added that the gunman acted alone.
Mr Kierwinski wrote on X that two police officers were wounded by gunfire and one is in a serious condition.
Animal rights group OTOZ Animals said the attacker also shot two horses. Both animals are alive, but one was grazed by a bullet and the other hit in the leg. White carriages drawn by horses are a main tourist attraction in the square.
Images from the scene showed police officers and ambulances covering the area, which is in the centre of Krakow. A Polish Medical Air Rescue helicopter also landed in the square.
A spokesperson for the local firefighters told Polsat News that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car.
A tram driver reported around 3pm that his vehicle was shot at from a man in a moving car while passing nearby the main square, the Krakow municipal transport company said. The window to the tram driver's cabin was shattered.
