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Five Killed in Shooting in Kraków's Main Market Square

Elena MarquezPublished 13m ago1 min readBased on 4 sources
Five Killed in Shooting in Kraków's Main Market Square
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Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Saturday when a shooting broke out in the Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland, according to police.

Police began receiving reports at around 3 p.m. local time that a car had entered the square with people firing from it at random. The Guardian's live coverage described a man who fired toward people from a vehicle driving through the square.

Police officers are among those wounded. The suspected gunman was shot by police officers and is being taken to hospital, according to the same live coverage.

Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said police are investigating the background to the attack and all of its circumstances.