One dead, four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey
A knife attack on the grounds of a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland left one person dead and at least four injured, local media reported.
Russian mother and son Olga and Nikita Belov, who assisted Ukrainian refugees, were set to be deported from Finland back to Russia earlier this year. Finnish authorities contemplated sending them back to their homeland as early as this spring. Olga and Nikita Belov had fled to Finland after the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
They left the country following Nikita's refusal to participate in an undisclosed secret project at the I.P. Bardin Central Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy. Nikita was assured by the institute's management that the project was unrelated to the war, but later discovered the truth. In Finland, the Belovs have been providing support to Ukrainian refugees through the volunteer organization FinEst Volunteers.
In the spring of 2026, they were approached by the police and informed of their impending deportation. Subsequently, a court directed a review of their situation. The Belovs' legal counsel stated that they had provided substantial new evidence, indicating that they may face persecution in Russia.
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