6 Dead, 15 Wounded in Krakow Main Square Terrorist Shooting
Polish prosecutors have launched a terrorism investigation after a 24-year-old ultranationalist gunman opened fire in Krakow‘s Main Square on November 7, 2026, killing six people and wounding 15 others before police shot him. Foreign tourists and local residents scattered across the historic Old Town district as the attacker targeted crowds from his vehicle while wearing military-style gear and a bulletproof vest.
Gunman Killed Family Members Before Opening Fire on Old Town Tourist Hub
Police recovered four firearms from the suspect and his vehicle at the scene, while a search of his family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski revealed the bodies of his mother, father, and sister, who suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The victims in the square included four Polish citizens, a British national, and a foreign woman, with wounded survivors originating from Britain, Portugal, Russia, Germany, and Austria. Two police officers who engaged the shooter sustained injuries during the gunbattle, leaving one officer in a coma and prompting official appeals for emergency blood donations. In honor of the victims, authorities temporarily paused St. Mary’s Trumpet Call overnight, marking the first time the historic hourly melody was silenced since World War II.
The suspect remains in critical condition following multiple surgeries as investigators scrutinize his radical far-right ideology and examine how he accessed over 10 legally owned firearms registered to his father.
