A shooting near Krakow’s Main Square killed six people and injured 15 on Nov. 7, prompting police to shoot and detain a suspect, city authorities said.
The shooting occurred near Sławkowska Street shortly after 2 p.m. UTC (3 p.m. CET), with the suspect firing from a moving car, according to city authorities. Police shot and detained him. Four women and two men were killed.
A city update citing police said the suspect was a Polish citizen, held a firearms permit and had not previously been recorded by police.
The Associated Press reported that Prime Minister Donald Tusk said three people were found dead in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 150 kilometers northeast of Krakow. AP identified the site as the suspect’s home and the dead as two women and one man.
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński said authorities would investigate possible far-right influence. “Everything indicates that he was fascinated by far-right ideologies,” Kierwiński said.
