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Krakow shooting kills six including a British citizen, suspect linked to far-right extremism

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First reported on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 10:03 EST by The Independent·Latest article on Monday 9 November 2026 at 06:21 EST

Summary

A gunman opened fire in a market square in the Polish city of Krakow on Saturday 7 November, leaving five people dead and at least a dozen injured, authorities said, the Manchester Evening News, the Birmingham Mail and the Liverpool Echo reported, The Independent writing that the shooting occurred in Krakow's Main Square at around 3pm local time and Euronews that the perpetrator fired a gun from a passing car, according to a spokesperson for the local firefighters. Six people were killed and at least 16 injured after a 25-year-old suspect drove around the city's Main Square firing at random people, the Manchester Evening News reported. A British citizen was among the six who died in the attack, the head of Poland's police said, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, Wales Online headlining that a British national was killed in an 'act of terror' shooting. On Sunday 8 November the Evening Standard and The Independent reported that another Briton was among the 16 people injured and that the suspected gunman was a 24-year-old Polish national, headlining that the bodies of the suspect's family were found. On Monday 9 November the suspected gunman died in hospital, the two outlets reported, the Evening Standard writing that the gunman is also suspected of killing the gunman's mother, father and sister, and the Government issued a warning to people travelling to Poland, Wales Online reported.

Latest: The suspected gunman, a 24-year-old Polish national, died in hospital after opening fire in Krakow's Main Square on Saturday afternoon, killing six people and injuring 16 others, the Liverpool Echo reported, as did the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian, BBC News and Euronews, the Evening Standard writing that the gunman, who was wearing tactical gear at the time of the shooting spree, is also suspected of killing the gunman's mother, father and sister, and Wales Online that the Government has issued a warning to people travelling to Poland.

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How it unfolded

  1. Monday 9 November

    The suspected gunman, a 24-year-old Polish national, died in hospital after opening fire in Krakow's Main Square on Saturday afternoon, killing six people and injuring 16 others, the Liverpool Echo reported, as did the Evening Standard, The Independent, The Guardian, BBC News and Euronews, the Evening Standard writing that the gunman, who was wearing tactical gear at the time of the shooting spree, is also suspected of killing the gunman's mother, father and sister, and Wales Online that the Government has issued a warning to people travelling to Poland.

  2. Sunday 8 November

    Investigations continue as a Briton is among the six killed in the Poland mass shooting, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, four men and two women having died in the attack, with another three bodies found later, the two outlets then reporting that another Briton was among 16 people injured, that the suspected gunman, a 24-year-old Polish national, was believed to have been inspired by 'far-right ideologies' and that the suspect's family's bodies were found, while Chronicle Live reported that Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband also expressed condolences.

  3. Saturday 7 November

    A British citizen was among the six who died in the attack in Krakow's main square, the head of Poland's police said, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, Prime Minister Andy Burnham paying tribute, while the suspect was reportedly 'inspired by far-right ideologies', according to Poland's Interior Minister, the Liverpool Echo reported, and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on politicians not to exploit the incident, the Financial Times reported.

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