Tens of thousands of people joined a silent march in Kraków on Monday evening, led by Poland’s president and prime minister, in tribute to the victims of a mass shooting that shocked the country over the weekend.

They set off from the city’s historic market square, where the attack unfolded on Saturday afternoon. Mourners stopped at a flower-covered memorial marking the spot where the gunman opened fire from his car, killing six people and wounding 15 others.

Nationalist president Karol Nawrocki and the centrist prime minister, Donald Tusk – political rivals rarely seen side by side – led the crowd through the city alongside Kraków’s mayor, Lukasz Gibala.

(Front L-R) Narocki, Gibala and Tusk pay homage to the shooting victims. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/Reuters

“For Poland , this is always a sign of hope: that while we may hold different views, we are still capable of ⁠cooperating, engaging in dialogue, and seeking out what unites us,” deputy prime minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told TVN24.…