Priest stabbed to death at Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, Poland
A knife attack at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland left one priest dead and four others wounded. A 31-year-old Ukrainian man has been arrested.
Priest killed, four wounded in knife attack at Polish abbey
A man armed with a kitchen knife killed a priest and wounded four other people at a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, southern Poland, on Thursday, according to scmp.com, which cited authorities and a Reuters report.
The attacker used a knife taken from the abbey's kitchen to assault one woman and four men, including a priest who was seated in a confessional at the time, a prosecutor stated. The incident took place within a Benedictine Sisters monastery on the abbey grounds, local media reported.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian national was subsequently arrested. Bożena Harasz-Wołoszyn of the District Prosecutor's Office in Przemyśl confirmed the arrest. The motive for the attack had not been established at the time of reporting.
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