What does the attack mean for travellers from Tenerife?

No new travel warning for Poland is known by 8 November. On 3 November, according to a search snippet, the Spanish foreign ministry listed no special restrictions for Poland and mainly warned about theft.

The research found no reaction from the ministry to the attack. Flight links between Tenerife and Kraków, and advice for tourists from the Canary Islands, are also unconfirmed.

Anyone who has booked a trip to Kraków should ask the airline or tour operator whether conditions change. The main square and neighbouring streets stay closed while the investigation runs.

The checked sources name no Spanish victims. They name no Spanish injured either.

What did the Spaniard experience in Kraków?

Jonathan A. R., 30, comes from Castelló and had arrived in Poland on Saturday morning. He had been walking through the city centre with a friend for about an hour and a half when the attack began.

They heard the shots in a side street. He told the newspaper Mediterráneo.

He fled into a shop with other people and watched dozens of police cars and ambulances arrive. He first thought of a bomb because Ukraine is close, and only learned from an Uber driver what had happened.

The city almost emptied, he said, as many left by taxi or locked themselves in at home. Of his own situation he said: “It could easily have been me.”

The situation was still not normal on Sunday, he says. He saw police and even soldiers, more police cars than ordinary cars.

What happened on the main square on 7 November?

According to Euronews, the attacker drove onto the square and shot at people. From the moving car he also hit the driver's window of a line 1 tram, but nobody inside was hurt.

El Español, citing the Polish news agency PAP, names a dark Subaru on ul. Szewska. Fleeing towards Kazimierz, he reportedly crashed into a white car and fired at police officers.

Euronews says he carried a semi-automatic rifle similar to an AR-15 with a telescopic sight, and a pistol. More weapons and ammunition lay in the car.

Interior minister Marcin Kierwiński said police arrived three minutes after the alarm. About 30 patrols were deployed.

Reports differ on the number of injured: Euronews gives 16, including two police officers and the attacker, while El Español gives 15. Prime minister Donald Tusk named the two officers as Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański, and one of them was hit three times and is in a very serious condition.

What is known about the attacker?

According to Euronews, the attacker is a 24-year-old Pole from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski with no criminal record and a gun licence. His name is unpublished, and other reports give his age as 25.

Kierwiński said the man held very radical ideas and was fascinated by far-right ideologies. The sources report no formal finding on the motive.

Defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed that the man was not a soldier in the Polish army. Police believe he acted alone, and Kierwiński sees no sign of accomplices.

In his house, investigators found three more dead: according to Euronews his father (53), mother (52) and sister (20 or 21, depending on the source). Reports differ on whether they were shot, and these dead are not among the six of the attack.

His condition is also described differently. Euronews reports he was arrested injured and is being operated on, while El Español writes that police officers shot him down.

What measures apply in Poland now?

President Karol Nawrocki declared state mourning for 8 and 9 November. Flags fly at half-mast and events are cancelled.

The main square and side streets stay closed. The closure serves the investigation.

Warsaw, under mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, tightened security in the old town, including vehicle barriers. Police checked the attacker's car for explosives and had nearby residents evacuated.

Tusk promised to clear up every circumstance of the crime. No charges, prosecutors' announcements or court dates are known so far.

How easy is it to get a gun licence in Poland?

Civilians can apply for licences for sport, hunting, collecting and self-defence. According to Polish reports, applicants need a medical examination, an exam and membership of an association.

New permits rose from 19,939 in 2021 to 50,709 in 2025 according to police statistics, a record and 10.6% more than in 2024. Private firearms passed one million for the first time, against about 380,000 in 2014.

In 2023 parliament removed “unnecessary administrative and legal hurdles”. Even so, Poland has about 2.5 civilian guns per 100 inhabitants according to the Small Arms Survey (2017 data), among the lowest in the EU.

The opposition Konfederacja wants to loosen the rules, while Polen 2050 in the governing coalition demands regular medical and psychological tests.