Ukrainian knifeman kills one, wounds four at abbey in Poland

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Police said the 31-year-old attacker, a Ukrainian national, went on a stabbing spree at the 17th-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 in the day, reportedly grabbed a knife from the abbey’s kitchen and attacked four men and one woman, including a priest in a confessional, police said.

Polish media identified the man who died as a priest. Police did not immediately confirm the identity of the deceased.

Prosecutors said the attacker was headed for a nearby border crossing back into Ukraine but instead went to the abbey.

The motive remains unclear, and doctors will assess whether he was under the influence of alcohol, Harasz-Wołoszyn said.

O Primeiro-Ministro polonês Donald Tusk disse que o “assassino” seria “punido com a plena severidade da lei polonesa”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack a “horrific crime”.

O prefeito de Jaroslaw, Marcin Nazarewicz, declarou um período de luto até o fim da semana.

Stabbings, particularly at religious sites, are extremely rare in Poland, one of Europe’s most Catholic countries.