Six people don die and 16 others injure after one gunman open fire for Kraków Main Market Square for Poland on Saturday afternoon. Police say di suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, drive enter di square before e begin shoot at random people from inside di car. Di attack start shortly before 3pm local time, around 2pm GMT.
Four women and two men na di people wey police confirm say dem kill for di square. One of di victims na British citizen. Three odas na Polish, while two still no get identity. A passing tram also get shot, windows shatter, but no passenger injure. Shop windows for di square show bullet damage, and glass shards scatter for ground.
Armed police rush to di scene and exchange gunfire with di suspect. Officials say officers shoot di suspect within three minutes, and dem believe that quick action stop am from killing more people. Dem arrest di suspect, but e remain for hospital after surgery for gunshot wound. Two police officers also injure. Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk name dem as Senior Constable Jakub Kulik and Senior Constable Artur Morański. One of di officers dey very critical after dem shoot am three times while e dey arrest di attacker, according to one Polish government minister.
Hours after di attack, Tusk say police find three bodies, two women and one man, inside di suspect house for Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 140km north-east of Kraków. Authorities describe dem as close family members of di suspect. Di car wey di suspect use, wey dem find for di intersection of Dietla and Stradomska streets, police check am for explosive devices, but dem no find any. Residents for nearby buildings evacuate while di operation dey go on.
Sixteen people, including five foreigners, two police officers and di attacker, go hospital. Di interior ministry say di foreigners come from Austria, Britain, Germany, Portugal and Russia. Police say 13 people go hospital in serious condition, and two get treatment and release within hours.
Poland interior minister Marcin Kierwiński say di suspect dey fascinated with far-right ideologies and get very radical, ultra-nationalistic views. Poland defence minister call di shooting an act of terror against di people of Kraków. Police still no confirm names and ages of di victims, and city officials urge residents and tourists to stay away from di area while investigation continue.
One witness, Jonathan Balshaw from Ipswich for England, tell how e hide with im girlfriend outside St Mary’s basilica when di shooting start. E say dem run pass di side of di church, enter side door and hide with oda people until di gunfire die down. E describe say plenty shots fire, more than 20, and e sound like two different firearms. Witness footage show people dey run from di square to nearby small streets for cover, while first responders try revive victims.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham pay tribute to di victims, say e dey shocked and saddened by di appalling shooting. E say im thoughts dey with families of those wey lose dia lives, everybody wey injure and all those affected by di senseless violence.
