The attack in Main Market Square
A gunman shot pedestrians in Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday, 7 November 2026, killing six people, El País reported. The Telegraph said he was also suspected of killing three others at his home. The attacker, a 24-year-old Polish national referred to here as Michał O. in line with Polish press law, was shot by police during the rampage. He underwent surgery and had been in hospital since the day of the attack, El País reported. The Telegraph described the shooting as a suspected far-Right terror attack.
- Gunman shoots pedestrians in Main Market Square, killing six people
- Police shoot the gunman, who undergoes surgery and is taken to hospital
- Gunman dies in hospital on Monday morning, Polish police say
Injuries and the gunman's death
Reports differ on the number of people injured. Aktuálně.cz said 15 people were wounded, Bloomberg and Notícias ao Minuto said 16, and El País described about fifteen. Notícias ao Minuto, citing the BBC, said one of the injured was Portuguese. Polish police said the attacker died on Monday morning in hospital, and Aktuálně.cz reported that the police announced this on X. Notícias ao Minuto also gave the attacker's age as 25 and said he had shot his father, mother and younger sister before the attack on the square. The other reports give his age as 24 and do not carry that claim.
Victims and motive
The Telegraph said one of the people killed was a 32-year-old British man. The reports do not describe the nationality of the other victims. Bloomberg said the authorities were still searching for clues about the motive behind the attack. No motive has been confirmed in the reporting so far.
What remains unconfirmed
The BBC said its story was being updated and that more details would follow. The injury count, the family killings reported by one outlet and the motive remain unresolved in these early reports. With the attacker dead, the police investigation will need to establish the sequence of events from other evidence.