ISS Global / Insight Report
Before the Kraków shooting
Firearms oversight, online threats and the evidence needed to identify an actionable warning
- Issued
- Location
- Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland, with national data and selected Polish cases
- Incident date
- 7 November 2026
- Language
- English
- Document
- English edition · 15 pages · PDF · 1.0 MB
This Insight Report reviews what information was available before the Kraków shooting and who could have acted on it. It examines documented gaps in firearms oversight and compares earlier Polish cases in which specific threats reached authorities.
Original report cover · Open PDF ↗Scope & reporting context
The review covers selected developments from May to 7 November 2026 and data from 2020 to 2025. The evidence cut-off was 8 November at 08:10 CET (07:10 GMT). The report uses Polish audit, police, prosecution and government records alongside attributed reporting. A connection between the earlier cases and the Kraków shooting remains unestablished.
The complete PDF contains the report’s source register, assessments and limitations. Read those alongside any individual finding.