WARSAW: Tourists visiting a Polish castle in the southern city of Krakow yesterday narrowly escaped an attack by an axe-wielding local whom police dubbed “a madman.” The 48-year-old identified by local media only as Grzegorz S. reportedly drove his car into the courtyard of the historic Wawel royal castle, then jumped out and began wildly swinging an axe at a group of young Polish students being guided by a Catholic priest. “The Wawel is my home, I don’t want any strangers here,” he screamed, commercial radio RMF FM reported. He lunged toward the visitors but when guards tried to tackle him he jumped back into his car and attempted to run them over, the report said. Guards were able to bring him under control after shooting one of the vehicle’s tires. “It all looked like an attack by a madman, without any kind of logical motive,” Krakow regional police spokesman Dariusz Nowak told local media. The suspect was reported to have a history of mental illness.
Tourists scape ax attack at historic Polish castle
