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Kraków journalist describes rifle attack near crowded tourist square

Times Radio's early interview with Bartosz Wieliński recounts the police pursuit and the uncertainty over the gunman's motive.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 109,504 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (10,311).

Poland Shooting: Five Killed And More Than A Dozen Injured

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0:00The early bulletin reports five deaths and around a dozen injuries, not a final casualty count.
0:31Wieliński says a driver fired a rifle at people before police pursued, stopped and shot him.
1:03Wieliński calls the attack terrorism while noting that the gunman's identity and motive remain unconfirmed.
2:35He describes Main Market Square as a crowded tourist destination, comparing it to a smaller Piccadilly.
4:02He says government ministers are travelling to Kraków and expects national mourning to follow.

Bartosz Wieliński compares Kraków's Main Market Square to a smaller version of London's Piccadilly: a busy destination filled with tourists and restaurants. It is the setting for the shooting he describes to Ayesha Hazarika in Times Radio's breaking-news interview.

The Gazeta Wyborcza deputy editor says a driver opened fire on people with a rifle before police pursued, stopped and shot him. The early bulletin reports five people killed and around a dozen injured. Those are the casualties reported at the time of this interview, rather than a final toll.

Wieliński describes the attack as an extraordinary tragedy for Poland. Although he calls it terrorism, he also makes clear that the gunman's identity and motive remain unconfirmed. His suggestion that the square was deliberately chosen for its crowds and historic importance is his assessment, not an established finding.

The interview drew roughly 73,000 views in its first eleven hours, an unusually fast start for Times Radio's regular uploads.

Hazarika also asks about the political response. Wieliński says government ministers are heading to Kraków and anticipates national mourning, describing a country confronting an attack unlike anything it is accustomed to.

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