Tourists heard shots from Krakow attack in pub

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A couple holidaying in Poland have said they heard the gunshots from the deadly attack in Krakow while they were in a nearby pub.

Six people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in central Krakow. The suspect, who also allegedly killed his family at home before opening fire, has died in hospital.

Harley Bircher and his girlfriend Kelsey Millard, from Barrow, Cumbria, were sitting in a pub when they heard the gunshots and saw people running away with "faces full of panic".

"[It] shook us up knowing if we'd arrived there earlier and went to the same places and walked down the same roads, it could've been us," Bircher said.

The attack happened in Krakow's Main Market Square, the bustling central point of the city which is popular with tourists.

Bircher said they had just arrived in the city and walked past the square before settling in a pub, where they heard the gunshots.

"This point's still a bit of blur as we went completely numb, not knowing what was going on," Bircher said.

The couple then saw a car "race up the square", heard more gunshots and saw a body drop to the ground.

They said they stayed put in the pub for some time, worried the gunman would return.

Eventually they went back to their accommodation and watched on the news as the story unravelled.

"Once back at the apartment all the headlines started flying out, the death and injury rate kept growing - we couldn't believe it," Bircher said.

The couple said their hearts went out to all those affected and they felt grateful to be safe.

A 25-year-old man was arrested and taken to hospital after having surgery for a gunshot wound. Police earlier confirmed he had died.

Investigators said the gunman was suspected to have ties to the far-right.

Four victims were Polish, while a British national and an Austrian woman were also killed.

On Sunday, Polish police confirmed three bodies found at the gunman's house were identified as the alleged gunman's 53-year-old father, 52-year-old mother and 21-year-old sister.

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