Emergency services remain at the scene in Kraków
Emergency services remain at the scene in Kraków - via Reuters/Agencja Wyborcza.pl

Five people have been shot dead in a market square in the Polish city of Kraków.

More than a dozen others are understood to have been wounded in the attack, which happened on Saturday afternoon.

Police said the alleged gunman drove onto the city's Main Square and used a long military-type firearm and aimed at random people.

He was dressed in military fatigues.

Emergency service personnel at the site of the shooting

Emergency service personnel at the site of the shooting - Jakub Porzycki/Reuters