McEntee praises Dublin Civil Defence for 'extraordinary' actions in helping Kraków victims
Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee praised Dublin Civil Defence volunteers for their heroic actions during a mass shooting in Kraków, Poland. The volunteers, present in a personal capacity, provided medical aid to victims after a gunman opened fire in the city's Main Square.
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Highlights the role of off-duty emergency responders in international crisis situations and underscores the severity of the terror attack in Poland.
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN Affairs Helen McEntee has described the actions of the Dublin Civil Defence as “extraordinary” after they came to the aid of victims of the shooting in Kraków on Saturday.
Six people were killed and 15 others wounded when a gunman opened fire in a busy central square in Kraków, Poland, at around 3pm Irish Time.
The attack, which Poland’s defence minister described as an “act of terror”, happened in Main Square, which is in the heart of Kraków’s Old Town and is a major tourist hub in the country’s second-largest city.
Speaking today, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee described the tragedy as a “truly devastating attack on innocent civilians who were going about their daily lives on a Saturday”.
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