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Polish Police Arrest Ukrainian Man After Convent Stabbing
Confirmed
In Short: Police in southeast Poland arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man after a stabbing incident at a Catholic convent on Thursday, Sept. 24, resulting in one death and four injuries.
Police in southeast Poland arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man after a stabbing incident at a Catholic convent on Thursday, Sept. 24, resulting in one death and four injuries.
The police report indicates that the suspect stabbed four men and one woman. Some local media outlets identified the deceased as a Catholic priest, though EWTN News could not independently confirm this.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the attacker, a Ukrainian citizen from Jarosław, would face the full severity of Polish law. Tusk expressed his condolences to the victims' families, calling the attack 'brutal.
The stabbing occurred in a part of the building where the first encounters with victims took place, including an adjoining café area.
Background
A shooting at Banga National High School in the southern Philippines killed three students and injured six others, including the suspected 16-year-old gunman.
What's confirmed
- Police arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man for the stabbing.
What's still developing
- Local media reported that one of the injured men died in the hospital, citing the hospital and the police.
- EWTN News reached out to the police and the convent but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
- Rozwój Plus leader Mateusz Morawiecki called for an immediate investigation and severe punishment, while Konfederacja co-chair Krzysztof Bosak urged prosecutors to make the circumstances and motive public once established.
- A priest was killed and four other people wounded in a knife rampage at a Catholic abbey complex in the south-eastern Polish city of Jarosław on Thursday morning, 24 September.