Norwegian couple saves lives of those injured in Krakow during shooting

Accidental witnesses became rescuers

Tom and Unn-Britt Folvik from Norway arrived in Krakow with friends to spend the weekend. On Saturday at 15:00, the couple was sitting in a food establishment on the Main Market Square when loud bangs suddenly erupted. Initially, the tourists assumed it was a fireworks display, but they quickly realised it was a real threat.

Panic broke out on the square: people ran away in fear, and soon a car sped past them, continuing to fire from inside. Despite the danger, the couple sought shelter, but when the threat subsided slightly, they noticed injured people near a shop on the opposite side of the square. Then their professional experience overcame their instinct for self-preservation.

Professional reaction at a critical moment

Unn-Britt works as an anaesthetic nurse. She immediately ran into the shop, where she assisted a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest. Her husband Tom, who had served as a firefighter for 20 years, attended to another victim — a woman who sustained multiple injuries from glass shards.

“I think she saved her life,” Tom told Norwegian journalists, commenting on his wife’s actions.

Aid continued until specialist units arrived

The Norwegian couple continued to provide first aid to the victims even after the police appeared. Law enforcement officers asked if the foreigners were willing to continue helping the injured. The couple remained at the scene until additional emergency medical teams arrived.

However, their tense day did not end there. After returning to the restaurant, they were taken to a police station to be questioned as witnesses. The interrogation lasted about three hours.

“There were a lot of shots, people, and panic. It was terrible,” Tom recalled.