Poland’s political rivals join ‘March of Silence’ for shooting victims

On November 7, 2026, a gunman killed six people and wounded at least 15 others in Krakow's Main Market Square, a popular tourist destination in Poland’s second-largest city. The suspect drove a car into the square just before 3 pm, firing randomly until he was shot himself; he later died from his injuries on November 9. Among the victims were five women and one man, including a British national and individuals from Portugal, Russia, Germany, and Austria. Authorities discovered three additional bodies at the suspect’s family home in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, about 80 miles northeast of Krakow; Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed these deaths likely involved close family members.

The suspect, identified as Michal Oksinski, a 24-year-old Polish man with far-right views and a cadet at a military school, used military weapons during the attack. Prosecutors are treating the incident as a terrorist offense due to his extremist ideology.