Knifeman kills priest, injures 4 in attack at Polish abbey
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The motive for the incident at the Benedictine abbey in Jaroslaw, where the priest was attacked in a confessional, was not immediately known
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Reuters Published: 2:11am, 25 Sep 2026
A man armed with a knife killed a priest and injured four other people during an attack on clergy and worshippers at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland on Thursday, authorities said.
The man used a knife he took from a kitchen there to attack one woman and four men, including one priest who was in a confessional, a prosecutor said.
The attack took place at a Benedictine Sisters monastery on the grounds of the abbey in Jaroslaw, local media reported.
A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested, Bozena Harasz-Woloszyn from the District Prosecutor’s Office in Przemysl said.
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