Surgeon having lunch near Krakow shooting undoubtedly saved officer's life, colleague says
Summary
Two surgeons who were having lunch with their families in central Krakow rushed to help after a mass shooting. One surgeon treated a police officer shot in the chest, and his colleague said the action stopped the bleeding and undoubtedly saved the officer’s life.Key Facts
- Six people were killed and 16 were injured in the shooting at Krakow’s market square.
- The injured included police officers Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański.
- Surgeons Michał Pędziwiatr and Mateusz Wierdak treated victims and the apparent attacker after the shooting.
- Wierdak packed bandages into the chest wound of a police officer while waiting for an ambulance.
- Pędziwiatr called John Paul II Hospital and urged that the officer be taken there for specialist care.
- Police identified three people found dead in the alleged gunman’s apartment as the suspect’s parents and sister.
- Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office is investigating, with a unit that specializes in terrorist offences leading the inquiry.
- Six Dublin Civil Defence volunteers also reportedly helped injured people, including by performing CPR and controlling severe bleeding.
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