Kraków shooting latest updates: five killed and more than a dozen injured, police say

Justice minister Waldemar Żurek has appealed for calm and says the perpetrator will be “severely punished”:

A terrible tragedy in Kraków’s Main Market Square.

I share the grief of the families and loved ones of the victims of this unimaginable tragedy. The perpetrator was injured and detained.

Prosecutors, police and all the relevant services are already working at the scene, securing evidence and investigating the circumstances of the attack. The state is taking action.

We appeal for calm and ask that people not interfere with the work of the emergency services. We will ensure that the perpetrator of this crime is held fully accountable and severely punished.

• Five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a shooting in Kraków, Poland

• The gunman aimed at random people as he drove into the city’s main square, a major tourist destination, police said

• The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a confrontation with police

• Police officers are among those injured

• No motive has been announced, but Poland’s PM Donald Tusk says ‘all circumstances’ are being investigated

Here are some more pictures from the scene in Kraków:

Donald Tusk, Poland’s PM, has said:

I am being kept informed by the Minister of the Interior about the situation in Kraków following the tragic shooting.

The police are investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack.

A man was firing toward random people from a car driving through the city’s Main Square, Kraków police said.

Police officers are among the wounded.

Here are some of the latest images from the scene:

Kraków is the second-largest city in Poland and roughly ۲۵۰ kilometers (۱۵۵ miles) from the capital, Warsaw.

Five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in the shooting in Kraków, police have said.

A police statement on ‌X read:

The perpetrator ‌was shot by ‌police officers and is currently being transported to a hospital.

A police spokesperson told Reuters that ​they began to receive reports at around ۳ pm (۲pm ⁠GMT) that a ​car from which ​shots were ​being fired ​at ‌random people ​had ​entered the square.

A shooter opened fire in a market square in the Polish city of Kraków, leaving people dead and injured, authorities said.

The shooting occurred in the Main Square in Krakow, the municipal government said on X.

A spokesperson for the local firefighters told Polsat News that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in a post on X, said police are investigating the attack.

Other details were not immediately available.

We’ll bring you updates as we get them.