Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey
A knife attack at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland killed a priest and injured four other people, authorities said. A prosecutor said the attacker took the weapon from a kitchen and targeted one woman and four men. A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested.
A priest was killed and four other people were injured in a knife attack at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland on Thursday, authorities said. The attacker used a knife taken from a kitchen at the site, according to a prosecutor cited in the supplied report. The victims included one woman and four men, among them the priest, who was in a confessional when he was attacked.
The incident took place at a Benedictine Sisters monastery on the grounds of the abbey in Jaroslaw, local media reported. Police arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man in connection with the attack. The supplied report does not provide further information about a possible motive, the condition of the injured people or whether the suspect had been formally charged.
Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the violence at the religious complex. No further official details were included in the available material.
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