Man detained after firing two shots toward police in Poland's Krakow-Xinhua - 新华网

WARSAW, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Police detained a 39-year-old man after he fired two shots toward officers in the Polish city of Krakow on Thursday. No one was injured in the incident, Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported.

Jakub Mirochna of the Krakow police press office said authorities received a report before 2 p.m. local time that a man traveling in a car near Biezanowska Street had an object resembling a gun. Police later established that the man was on foot.

When a patrol arrived, the man fired twice toward the officers, who responded with warning shots, Mirochna said. The man then threw the object aside, and officers subdued and detained him.

Mirochna said preliminary findings indicated the man may have used a blank-firing gun. Police were still investigating his motive.

A gunman drove into Krakow's Main Market Square on Nov. 7 and opened fire at random on passersby before police shot and detained him. Six people were killed and 16 were injured, including two police officers and the gunman. Police confirmed early Monday that the gunman had died in hospital. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the shooting last Saturday as a terrorist attack, saying Poland had never experienced an act of terrorism of such severity. ■