Mass shooting in Polish market leaves at least 5 dead, a dozen injured

A man drove into an open market in the Polish city of Krakow and opened fire from his car, killing at least five people and injuring about a dozen others, police said. The shooter was shot by police and taken into custody, authorities said.

The shooting happened in the Main Market Square in Krakow around 3 p.m. local time on Saturday. Krakow police said the alleged shooter began firing at random people from his car.

Police officers are among the wounded. The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a confrontation with police and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

"I am being kept informed by the Minister of the Interior about the situation in Krakow following the tragic shooting," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media, adding that "the police are investigating the background and all the circumstances of the attack."

Other details were not immediately available.

Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and roughly 155 miles from the capital, Warsaw.