WARSAW, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- A silent march was held in the Polish city of Krakow on Monday evening to mourn the victims of Saturday's shooting and show support to the injured and the victims' families.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined the march initiated by Krakow Mayor Lukasz Gibala, the Polish Press Agency reported.
Participants gathered in the city's Main Market Square before the event began at 8 p.m. local time (1900 GMT). Many brought flowers and candles and prayed, while police patrolled the square.
Nawrocki, Tusk and Gibala placed memorial candles during the event, according to Polish news website Onet.
"Tonight in Cracow thousands of Poles gathered to pay tribute to the victims of the Nov. 7 attack. May they rest in peace," Tusk wrote on X.
The Polish president's office said Monday that Nawrocki had awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta to two police officers who risked their lives to apprehend the attacker.
A gunman drove into Krakow's Main Market Square on Saturday afternoon and fired at random passersby before being shot and detained by police. The attack has killed six people and injured 16 others, including two police officers and the gunman. Early Monday, police confirmed that the gunman had died in hospital.
