Ukrainian knifeman kills one, wounds 4 at abbey in Poland | Crime Information

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy denounces ‘horrific crime’ after 31-year-old assaults clergy and worshippers in border city.

One individual was killed and 4 others injured when a person armed with a knife attacked clergy and worshippers at a Catholic monastery in southern Poland.

Police stated the 31-year-old attacker, a Ukrainian nationwide, went on a stabbing spree on the Seventeenth-century Benedictine abbey in Jaroslaw, some 30km (19 miles) from the border with Ukraine, on Thursday morning.

The suspect, who had entered Poland from Germany earlier within the day, reportedly grabbed a knife from the abbey’s kitchen and attacked 4 males and one girl, together with a priest in a confessional, police stated.

“Three of the victims are clergy members and two are laypeople; one individual has died,” stated prosecutor Bozena Harasz-Wołoszyn. Two others had been in “vital, life-threatening situation”.

Polish media recognized the person who died as a priest. Police didn’t instantly verify the id of the deceased.

Prosecutors stated the attacker was headed for a close-by border crossing again into Ukraine however as a substitute went to the abbey.

The motive stays unclear, and docs will assess whether or not he was drunk, Harasz-Wołoszyn stated.

Leaders reply

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated the “assassin” could be “punished with the complete severity of Polish legislation”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy referred to as the assault a “horrific crime”.

“The perpetrator of this evil should bear full duty in accordance with the legislation … We are shaken by this evil. Justice have to be performed.”

The mayor of Jaroslaw, Marcin Nazarewicz, declared a interval of mourning till the tip of the week.

Stabbings, significantly at spiritual websites, are extraordinarily uncommon in Poland, certainly one of Europe’s most Catholic international locations.