Silent march in Kraków honours six victims of Saturday's shooting

Thousands of Kraków residents took part in a silent march on Monday evening, 9 November 2026, in memory of the victims of Saturday's shooting in the city centre. President Karol Nawrocki, Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Kraków Mayor Łukasz Gibała joined the march.

How the march went

Participants gathered in the Main Square carrying candles and flowers. The procession passed three sites where people were killed, according to the PAP news agency. At 8pm church bells rang, and the traditional bugle call was played from St Mary's Basilica.

Nawrocki, Tusk and Gibała laid candles at the sites of the killings. The march ended near the Town Hall Tower, where a trumpeter played "The Sound of Silence". The same song was performed at memorial events for Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz, who was murdered in 2019. Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, the Archbishop of Kraków, led a prayer for the dead. Pope Leo XIV also sent condolences.

The president and the prime minister, who are political opponents, appeared together as a show of solidarity after the attack. The case has prompted a dispute in Poland over the gunman's possible motives.

What is known about the attack

At around 3pm on Saturday 7 November, a car drove into the Main Square, which is usually full of tourists. According to prosecutors, a 24-year-old Polish man opened fire on passers-by. Six people were killed and, according to most sources, 15–16 were injured. Police shot the attacker and took him into custody; he died in hospital in the early hours of Monday.

Those killed include a 32-year-old British man and a 51-year-old Austrian woman. The other four victims were Polish citizens: three women and one man. According to the interior ministry, the injured included nationals of Germany, Portugal, Britain, Austria and Russia.

Two police officers who intervened were wounded. Prosecutors' spokesman Przemysław Nowak said both had regained consciousness. Regional governor Krzysztof Kleczar said 15 injured people were still in hospital, 14 of them in a stable condition. One of the officers remained in a serious condition.

What this means for you

British citizens were among the dead and injured, so the event also matters to people in the UK. The sources used do not point to any change to travel to Poland or to any rules. Current travel advice is published by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Poland, as the BBC reports, has been deeply shaken by the attack, as the country takes pride in its reputation for safety.