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Suspect detained after stabbing injures five in Jarosław

Published 24 September 2026

A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was detained after a stabbing at a Benedictine religious site in Jarosław, Poland, on Thursday morning, where police said five people were injured. Authorities said the investigation was continuing and had not confirmed reports that one victim had died. Jarosław police said officers received a report at about 9:30 a.m. that a Ukrainian citizen had attacked a man with a knife at the abbey. When officers arrived, they found five injured people, according to police spokesperson Anna Długosz. Police identified the detained suspect as a 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen. The injured were reported to include priests and laypeople. The precise number of each group has not been consistently established in the accounts available. Local reports described some victims as being in serious or life-threatening condition, but no official update on their conditions was provided in the reports. Sister Barbara Dendor, superior of the Benedictine monastery, said four priests had been attacked. She said one died at the scene, another was fighting for his life and two others were less seriously injured.

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