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Two Polish Police Officers Hailed as Heroes After Confronting Kraków Gunman

Two Polish police officers injured while pursuing and detaining a gunman in Kraków on Saturday have been hailed as heroes, according to The Guardian.

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- Two Polish police officers who were injured as they pursued and detained a gunman in Kraków on Saturday have been hailed as heroes, according to The Guardian. The report, written by Angela Giuffrida, describes the officers' actions as having "prevented further casualties," but the available summary does not say who made that assessment.

The Guardian reported that one of the two officers is Jakub Kulik, a former paratrooper and volunteer firefighter, who was left critically injured after a close-range exchange of fire. The newspaper said the second officer, Artur Morański, was also wounded.

The Guardian's summary breaks off before the exchange of fire is described in full, so the sequence of events leading to it is not established in this account. The summary also does not name the gunman or describe the other party to the exchange.

According to The Guardian, both officers were injured while pursuing and detaining the gunman, and the incident took place in Kraków on Saturday. The material available for this report includes no official statement, police account or additional direct quotation from witnesses or officials.

The article was written by Angela Giuffrida for The Guardian, and its headline frames the story around the officers' confrontation with the gunman. The full article was not available for this account, so the details reported here are limited to what the summary states.

Sources: The Guardian: Two police officers hailed as heroes for confronting Kraków gunman.

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