Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey:
A male suspect from Ukraine was arrested after the stabbings in the town of Jarosław, police say.
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Priest dies in knife attack at Polish abbeyThe attack occurred Thursday morning in Jarosław; police are investigating the attacker’s motives.
- A priest died and four other people were injured in the attack on the abbey grounds Thursday morning.
- Police arrested a 31-year-old man from Ukraine after the incident.
- Police said four men and one woman were stabbed during the attack.
- Polish media reported that the attacker first injured a priest in a café, then four people inside the abbey.
the perpetrator of this evil must bear full responsibility according to the law— Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, in response to the knife attack in Jarosław, Poland.
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