Attack in Kraków pharmacy leaves three women with superficial injuries

Attack during a dressing

On Friday, 30 October 2026, shortly after 8:00, a 24-year-old Polish man walked into a pharmacy on ul. Galla in Kraków with an injury to his hand and asked staff to treat it. TVP Info and Super Express put the incident at around 8:15, while RMF reported that it happened just after 8:00. According to Interia, as cited by Rzeczpospolita, the first woman attacked was the pharmacist who was dressing the wound. Two other members of staff tried to restrain him and were also hurt. TVP Info reported that at one point he pressed a blade to the neck of one of the women. The staff eventually shut him in a room of the pharmacy and called the police.

Rafał Wawrzuta of the Kraków police gave RMF this account of how the attack began:

“The man came into the pharmacy with a knife. He had a wound that the pharmacists wanted to dress.”

According to the police account, the man became enraged during the treatment and turned on the staff with a sharp object, while the pharmacists were trying to subdue him.

Injuries and response

Police gave the ages of the three injured women as 35, 39 and 56, and said all three had superficial injuries to their hands (TVP Info). All three were women working at the pharmacy. An early report counted two women, but later reports put the number at three, and that is the most recent figure. Rzeczpospolita reports that the women were taken to a nearby hospital, where they received medical care, and that none of their injuries was serious. Police and emergency medical teams were called to the pharmacy. A patrol overpowered the man and detained him after arriving on the scene. Super Express reported that he also needed medical help for injuries he had inflicted on himself after the attack on the staff.

What remains unclear

Officers are examining what led to the aggressive behaviour, and the investigation is being carried out under the supervision of prosecutors, according to RMF. Police said the man's explanations for his conduct were irrational, and Rzeczpospolita reports that he initially gave irrational accounts of his actions. Super Express, citing Gazeta Krakowska, said the motive was not yet known. No charges have been reported so far, and the investigation into the circumstances and motives is continuing.