Dr Mateusz Wierdak Saves Shot Officer After Krakow Attack Kills 6
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Updated · BBC.com · Nov 8
Dr Mateusz Wierdak Saves Shot Officer After Krakow Attack Kills 6
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Nov 8
Summary
A police officer shot in the chest during Krakow's market-square massacre survived after surgeon Dr Mateusz Wierdak packed the wound with bandages and controlled the bleeding before an ambulance arrived.
Professor Michal Pędziwiatr, who was lunching nearby with Wierdak, said the two surgeons ran to the scene after hearing gunfire and treated both wounded officers and the suspected attacker.
Six people were killed and 16 injured in Saturday's shooting, including Senior Police Constables Jakub Kulik and Artur Morański; four victims were Polish, one was British and one remains unidentified by nationality.
Police also found 3 bodies in the alleged gunman's apartment—identified as his parents and sister—while Poland's National Public Prosecutor's Office opened a probe led by its terrorist-offences unit.
Separate bystanders also joined the emergency response, including 6 Dublin Civil Defence volunteers on a city break who provided CPR and haemorrhage control near the square.