Kraków holds silent march for victims of 7 November Main Market attack

The march began at 20:00 on 9 November from the junction of the Main Market and Sławkowska Street, passed St Mary's Basilica and was due to end beneath the Town Hall Tower with a joint prayer for the victims. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, President Karol Nawrocki, Kraków mayor Łukasz Gibała and Kraków metropolitan Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś walked in it. Before the march began, Nawrocki and Tusk signed the condolence book dedicated to the victims, and numerous police officers and State Protection Service officers were on the square to ensure security.

On Saturday, 7 November, a 24-year-old man drove a car onto the Main Market and opened fire with an automatic weapon at passersby. Six people died and 16 were injured, including two police officers who took part in subduing him. He was shot during the intervention, taken to hospital and died early on the morning of 9 November. Investigators also found the bodies of his parents and sister in a flat in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, where they had been living with the family. The city of Kraków declared city mourning, which runs through 11 November inclusive.