{"id":600286,"date":"2026-11-07T20:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=600286"},"modified":"2026-11-08T01:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T22:55:25","slug":"six-killed-15-injured-in-shooting-in-central-krakow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/six-killed-15-injured-in-shooting-in-central-krakow","title":{"rendered":"Six Killed, 15 Injured in Shooting in Central Krak\u00f3w"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Six people were killed and 15 injured in a shooting in central Krak\u00f3w on Saturday, November 7. The injured are receiving medical care at Krak\u00f3w hospitals, the Ma\u0142opolska Voivodeship Office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Malopolski_UW\/status\/2119108287941460354\">confirmed<\/a>. Voivode <strong>Krzysztof Jan Kl\u0119czar<\/strong> is at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll rose to six after one of the injured died. The victims include four women and two men, the Ma\u0142opolska Police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kwpkrakow\/status\/2119116925183938647\">clarified<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 368px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-600286-1\" width=\"368\" height=\"652\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_2.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The shooting began shortly after 3 p.m. near S\u0142awkowska Street, close to the Main Market Square. According to preliminary information, a man fired shots from a moving vehicle. Police officers shot and wounded him before detaining him near the intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/krakow.pl\/aktualnosci\/345151,29,komunikat,strzaly_w_centrum_krakowa__sa_zabici_i_ranni.html\">statement<\/a> from Krak\u00f3w City Hall.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-600286-2\" width=\"480\" height=\"852\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_4.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_4.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The suspect is a Polish citizen. Police denied reports that they were searching for a second attacker. According to the police, the only attacker known to them has been detained. In the same statement, police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kwpkrakow\/status\/2119106538082066820\">denied<\/a> reports that a police officer had been killed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-600286-3\" width=\"720\" height=\"986\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Two police officers sustained gunshot wounds during the suspect&#8217;s arrest. One of them was shot three times and was reported to be in critical condition. At the time of a statement by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MKierwinski\">Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski<\/a>, doctors were operating on the officer.<\/p>\n<p>Tram No. 1 came under fire at Wszystkich \u015awi\u0119tych Square. According to the municipal transport operator MPK, a window in the driver&#8217;s cab was shattered. Neither the driver nor the passengers were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Kierwi\u0144ski travelled to Krak\u00f3w, Interior Ministry spokesperson <strong>Karolina Ga\u0142ecka<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/K_Galecka\/status\/2119088568895180901\">wrote<\/a>. Prime Minister <strong>Donald Tusk<\/strong> said police were investigating the circumstances of the attack. The shooting has not yet been officially classified as a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<p>A crisis management team is operating at Krak\u00f3w City Hall. Mayor <strong>\u0141ukasz Giba\u0142a<\/strong> signed an order declaring a period of mourning in the city until November 11.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video shows the wounded gunman:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 738px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-600286-4\" width=\"738\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_3.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_3.mp4\">https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/krakov07112026_3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six people were killed and 15 injured in a shooting in central Krak\u00f3w on Saturday, November 7. The injured are receiving medical care at Krak\u00f3w hospitals, the Ma\u0142opolska Voivodeship Office confirmed. Voivode Krzysztof Jan Kl\u0119czar is at the scene. The death toll rose to six after one of the injured died. 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