Bad things happen in Krakow. A man drives a car onto the market place. He shoots at people from his window. This happens at 3 o'clock on Saturday. He shoots at the people everywhere. Many people feel great fear and run away. The police arrive very fast. The officers shoot at the attacker. He is hurt and goes to prison. The offender is in the hospital. Doctors operate on him there. His car has many weapons inside. He wears clothes like a uniform. He also wears a helmet. The man is from Poland. He is about 25 years old. He is alone during the act.
The act is very bad. 6 people die. 4 are women and 2 are men. One victim comes from Great Britain. At least 15 people are hurt. Many of them are in great danger. Also 3 police officers are hurt during the work. The police find more dead people later. They are in the home of the offender. They are probably 3 family members. The head of government Donald Tusk is very sad. He praises the brave police officers. The interior minister says: The offender likes bad political ideas. People call this rechtsextreme Ideologie.
Krakow is a very famous city. Many guests visit the market place. Now the city has days of sadness. People show that they think about the victims. The police watch the place of the crime. The law office checks everything. The offender gets a hard punishment. Acts like this with weapons are rare in Poland.