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Kraków witness describes hiding under restaurant chairs

RTÉ News adds accounts of people seeking shelter and encountering a police pursuit after the shooting in the city's historic centre.

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A restaurant in Kraków's Old Town became a hiding place for one visitor during the shooting. Speaking to RTÉ News, she describes having to shelter under chairs amid the commotion.

The broadcaster's street interviews add accounts of the scramble for safety to coverage of the attack. Another woman recalls checking phones to understand what was happening before seeking somewhere safer indoors.

A man says his group had left the square shortly before the shooting and walked south towards the castle. There, he recalls seeing crowds fleeing, followed by a black car and pursuing police vehicles. "Then the black car, followed by two police cars went past us at the castle and then more shots," he says.

According to RTÉ's report, six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at random in the historic centre. The broadcaster says Polish authorities have launched a terrorism investigation.

The clip closes with a local man describing his shock that such violence could happen in Poland and his fear about what it might mean for his country.

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