Brit trapped in McDonald’s relives Krakow bloodbath after strolling previous lifeless physique
A British tourist has recounted a terrifying ordeal after hiding in a McDonald’s while a gunman opened fire across a city, in what ministers have called an ‘act of terror’
A British tourist was forced to take cover in a McDonald’s during a terror attack(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
A West Yorkshire man has revealed he was forced to run for cover in McDonald’s during a terrifying terror attack after he heard “multiple gunshots and saw people running for cover”. Six people have been shot dead in a terror attack shooting in Krakow’s Main Market Square, Poland.
The attack occurred in the bustling Main Market Square just after 3pm on Saturday (November 7), sending panicked crowds fleeing into nearby side alleys for cover.
One of the six dead is a British national. West Yorkshire man Tom Brook has recounted the horrifying shooting. The Brit stated he was forced to hide in McDonald’s after he heard shots and saw people running for cover. The Brit said while waiting for the shooting to stop, he stepped out and saw the driver of a tram who had been shot at after telling passengers to get off the vehicle.
Numerous people were killed in the shooting (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Brook said: “I then walked into the square and saw paramedics working on someone outside [a shop] and there was a dead body covered in foil blankets 20 meters away.” Tom added the police then ordered him and others to leave the square.
The man believes the group left the area on the same path the suspected shooter embarked on during the attack.
Tom said: “I kept seeing people who’d been shot and eventually ended up walking past the attacker’s crashed car where the shootout with police happened.”
Authorities have found three dead bodies at the 24-year-old suspected gunman’s family home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 93 miles north-east of Krakow.
Police said on Sunday they were the bodies of his sister, mother and father, and they are believed to have been shot.
A West Yorkshire man has shared how the escaped the crime scene(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Footage on social media shows an armed police officer approaching the gunman, who appears to be wearing tactical gear and lying on the ground with a rifle beside him.
Sirens can be heard as the officer appears to fire six shots towards him before dropping to his knees.
The suspected gunman, a 24-year-old Polish national, was believed to have been inspired by “far-right ideologies” and remains in hospital after being shot by police.
Local police have launched a blood appeal for officer Jakub Kulik, who is fighting for his life in hospital. The force said the senior constable had confronted the armed attacker and suffered serious injuries.
The shooting happened at around 3pm on Saturday when the gunman armed with an automatic weapon opened fire in the Old Town area of Poland’s second-largest city. He drove to multiple spots in the square, opening fire at each, authorities said.
The Polish interior minister Marcin Kierwinski said the attacker held “very radical views” and “was fascinated by far-right ideologies”.
The shooting has been dubbed an ‘act of terror’(Image: People Press Agency/AFP via Getty Images)
Polish defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz called Saturday’s fatal shooting an “act of terror” on the people of Krakow.
The FCDO is advising British nationals in Krakow to “follow the advice of local authorities and monitor local media”.
In a statement, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The UK Government deeply mourns the British national and other victims who have died after the appalling attack in Krakow.
“All of my deepest condolences go to the families of the victims. The UK stands resolutely in solidarity with the people of Poland.”
Krakow mayor Lukasz Gibala said in a post on X the city would observe a period of mourning until November 11.
