Authorities in Poland are investigating a shooting on Saturday that left six people dead and at least a 15 injured in the Main Market Square in Krakow, a cultural center of the historic city, according to officials.
\n\nFour women and two men were killed in the mid-day ambush in the city’s popular commerce and tourist destination, police said.
\n\nA police officer was seriously wounded in the shooting and is undergoing surgery. He was shot at three times, according to a statement from Minister of the Interior Affairs Marcin Kierwiński.
\n\nThe attacker, a Polish national, was shot by police at the scene and taken to the hospital around 3 p.m. local time. The shots were fired from a vehicle moving through the area, Krakow officials said in a series of posts X.
\n\nAn earlier post from the city’s official municipal government account said that investigators were working to determine the scale of the incident. The city announced a mourning period in recognition of the tragedy through Nov. 11.
\n\nKatarzyna Cisło, a spokesperson for the Krakow police, told TVN24 that the perpetrator was wearing military-style fatigues and he used a military-type long gun in the attack. Police found many pieces of other…
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