What we know so far after Krakow gun attack

At slightest six radical were killed and respective others injured erstwhile a gunman suspected to person ties to the far-right opened occurrence successful cardinal Krakow, the 2nd largest metropolis successful Poland.

Three bodies were recovered astatine his location erstwhile it was searched by police. Here's everything we cognize truthful far.

The onslaught began soon earlier 15:00 section clip (14:00 GMT) successful Krakow's Main Market Square, the bustling cardinal constituent of the city.

Police said a antheral drove into the quadrate earlier opening to occurrence "at random radical from his car".

Footage from the country shows scenes of panic arsenic radical fled, with the dependable of gunfire intelligibly heard.

A passing tram was changeable astatine during the seemingly random attack, shattering windows but nary passengers were injured.

Armed officers raced to the country and engaged successful a gunfight with the attacker, who was changeable wrong 3 minutes of the onslaught beginning, preventing a further massacre, officials said.

The gunman was changeable but is live and has been arrested.

Distressing footage authenticated by BBC Verify shows the infinitesimal a constabulary serviceman confronts the fishy connected the crushed earlier firing his limb respective times.

The serviceman past falls to the ground, seemingly having been injured himself.

Shop windows successful the quadrate person signs of damage, seemingly from bullets, with solid shards scattered on the floor.

City officials person urged radical who unrecorded successful the metropolis and tourists to enactment distant from the country portion an probe continues.

The suspect's car, recovered astatine the intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets, was checked for imaginable explosive devices, constabulary said, but nary were found. Residents of adjacent buildings had been evacuated portion the cognition was nether way.

Six radical - 4 women and 2 men - are confirmed to person been killed, including a British national. Three victims are Polish and 2 person not been identified.

Sixteen people, including 5 foreigners and the attacker, were taken to hospital. Among those being treated are 2 constabulary officers who were changeable portion detaining the attacker. The interior ministry aboriginal said they were from Britain, Austria, Russia, Germany and Portugal.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk aboriginal named the injured officers arsenic Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański.

Tusk said 3 bodies - 2 women and 1 antheral - were recovered astatine the gunman's location erstwhile it was searched aft the attack.

One of the constabulary officers was described arsenic being successful a "very captious condition" by a Polish authorities curate aft being changeable 3 times portion arresting the attacker. The serviceman is undergoing surgery, helium added.

Polish authorities person not confirmed the names and ages of the different victims.

Police person identified the attacker arsenic a 25-year-old Polish antheral but person not confirmed his name.

The fishy was wearing "military-style attire" and had a military-grade weapon, according to a constabulary spokesperson. However, authorities person confirmed the attacker was not a soldier.

"Many pieces of weapons and ammunition were recovered successful his vehicle", the spokesperson added.

Polish media has reported the fishy had a firearms licence and whitethorn person obtained the weapons from his household home.

A curate has said aboriginal investigations bespeak helium was inspired by "far-right ideologies". The curate besides described him arsenic an "ultra-nationalist" without giving further details.

His location is being searched with enactment from counter-terrorism police.

The shooting happened successful 1 of the largest medieval squares successful Europe, a engaged determination which is besides a fashionable tourer destination.

Jonathan Balshaw from Ipswich was determination with his Polish woman Dominika. The mates were extracurricular St Mary's Basilica, successful the country of the square, erstwhile the shooting started.

Jonathan said: "We ran down the broadside of the religion and done the broadside doorway and hid with respective different radical until the gunfire died down.

"A batch of shots were fired, much than 20 with it sounding similar aggregate antithetic firearms - determination were 2 distinctly antithetic noises."

Caitlin Shasby from Newcastle arrived successful Krakow yesterday with her person Jon for a agelong weekend.

She said they heard shots from their edifice country but were not definite what was happening until their edifice rang them and told them to "stay successful our rooms until further notice".

After travelling to Krakow, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said : "Until present successful Poland we haven't had specified drastic cases of terrorism...that's what we person to telephone this cruel onslaught connected people's lives present successful Krakow."

Krakow Mayor Łukasz Gibała has signed an bid declaring a play of mourning successful the metropolis which volition past until Wednesday, 11 November.

US ambassador to Poland Tom Rose described it arsenic a "savage and murderous attack".

The EU's apical diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said the shooting was "a calamity that volition beryllium felt acold beyond Poland".