Mourners gathered for Mass and prayed in Krakow on Sunday (November 8), a day after a mass shooting in the city.

Krakow resident Piotr Pazdur said people were still in shock and had never experienced anything like this in Poland, where they had always felt safe. Another mourner, Filip Wawrzynek, called the shooting a catastrophe for the city, for tourists and for everyone.

Poland began two days of national mourning on Sunday after a gunman killed six people in Krakow's historic main square, an attack the government said may have been inspired by far-right ideology.

Saturday's shooting shocked a country that had prided itself on being safer than many of its Western European neighbours and deepened public concern about extreme views following school stabbings in October that officials have linked to inflammatory content online.

Nationalist opposition politicians, however, questioned the grounds on which the government said far-right ideology could have led to the shooting that left 16 people wounded in addition to those killed.

Those hurt included two police officers and the suspected gunman, a 24-year-old Polish man. He is in a critical condition in hospital, local authorities said.

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KRAKOW, POLAND (NOVEMBER 8, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MASS UNDERWAY

2. VARIOUS OF MOURNERS PRAYING

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARDINAL GRZEGORZ RYS, ARCHBISHOP OF KRAKOW, SAYING:

“We want to express our deepest feelings of solidarity with all the people of Austria and Great Britain. We pray with you for the victims and for all those who suffered because of the events (that) happened yesterday in our city.”

4. MAN PRAYING

5. PRIEST PRAYING

6. NUN PRAYING

KRAKOW, POLAND (NOVEMBER 8, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Polish) MOURNER PIOTR PAZDUR, SAYING:

“We are still in shock; this is an unbelievable situation for us. We have never experienced anything like this in Poland before. In previous years, we would see such things happening in places like London, Barcelona, Spain, or Rome. We always felt completely safe in Poland—and then, suddenly, yesterday at 3:00 PM, this happens. We are from Krakow; we live in Krakow. Learning about a situation like this—it’s just a shock. Right now, we are still completely overwhelmed by our emotions and just can’t seem to cope with it.”

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, FILIP WAWRZYNEK, SAYING:

“I think that it's nothing to comment. It's not good. It's very bad. It's horrible, it's a catastrophe for the city, for all countries, for people, for the tourists, for everyone.”

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOURNER, KONSTANCJA WIERZBICKA, SAYING:

“It is terrifying and all our prayers are with the family, and we hope our Saviour will help them and strengthen their faith and there's still hope. There's still hope.”

10. POLICE VEHICLE PARKED / MOURNERS GATHERED OUTSIDE CHURCH