At least five people have died and several dozen more have been injured this Saturday when a man broke into Krakow’s main square, in southern Poland, with a car and began shooting randomly at passers-by, reported the Police, who have arrested the attacker.

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The Police indicated on the social network X that the indiscriminate attack occurred around 3:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. GMT). They explained that officers opened fire on the man, who was injured and taken to a hospital.

In the incident, “five people have died and several dozen are injured,” said the Police, who have deployed an emergency operation at the scene.

In images broadcast by the PolSat channel, a dark Subaru vehicle can be seen speeding down Szewska Street, one of the pedestrian streets leading out of Krakow’s main square, allegedly driven by the perpetrator of the attack.

After perpetrating his attack near the emblematic St. Mary’s Church, the man tried to flee in the car, but was intercepted and arrested.

🚨🇵🇱 SUMMARY: What we know of the Krakow shooting so far

•At least 5 people have been killed, with dozens injured including 2 police officers

•The Interior Minister and Head of the National Security Bureau are currently in Krakow

•The shooting took place at 3pm local… pic.twitter.com/8kNviFjVDM

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According to eyewitnesses, the attack was indiscriminate and targeted groups of tourists and strollers who filled the terraces of the city square, a very busy place especially on weekends.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that he is being promptly informed by the Minister of the Interior, Marcin Kierwiński, about the situation in Krakow and that the police are investigating the background and all the circumstances “of the attack.”

Kierwiński is currently traveling to Krakow, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of the Interior told the PAP agency.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki expressed his “enormous concern” about “the tragic events that occurred in the center of Krakow” and said he was thinking of the victims, the injured and their families.

The head of state said that the head of the National Security Bureau is also on his way to Krakow and that he hopes that “the circumstances of these dramatic events will be fully clarified.”

The Minister of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, assured for his part that “all the circumstances and motives of this event will be thoroughly investigated.”

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