Ammon News - Six people were killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, authorities said, in what Poland’s defence minister called an “act of terror” on the people of the city.

The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire with an automatic weapon in the city’s main square at about 3pm on Saturday before being apprehended by police.

He was fascinated with far-right ideologies and held “very radical” and “ultra-nationalistic” views, the Polish interior minister, Marcin Kierwiński, said at a news conference.

Four women and two men were killed, one of them a British citizen, Polish police said. Three of the victims were Polish women and the remaining two victims had not been identified.

Five foreign nationals from Britain, Austria, Germany, Portugal and Russia were wounded, a Polish government spokesperson said.

The ⁠injured also included two police ⁠officers, one of whom was in a serious condition after being shot three times in the exchange of fire with the alleged attacker.

A total of 13 people were taken to hospital in serious conditions, authorities said. That figure may include the gunman, who underwent surgery after the attack.

It was unclear how many of the injured were shot. Two of them were treated and released within hours of the attack.

The Gaurdian