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Ukrainian man attacks people with knife at Polish monastery, killing two and injuring three

A 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen attacked people with a knife on the grounds of a Benedictine sisters’ monastery in Jarosław, a city in southern Poland’s Subcarpathian Voivodeship.

Ukrainian man attacks people with knife at Polish monastery, killing two and injuring three

In Jarosław, a city located in southern Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship, a 31-year-old Ukrainian man carried out a gruesome attack with a knife at a Benedictine sisters' monastery. According to Anna Długosz, a spokesperson for the police headquarters in Jarosław, the attacker stabbed four men and a woman. Among the victims, two men have succumbed to their injuries, while another is in critical condition.

All the wounded individuals were clergy members, and the woman's identity remains undisclosed. The police have apprehended the assailant, and the district prosecutor's office in Przemyśl has informed that the weapon used was most likely a kitchen knife. However, the motives behind the attack remain a mystery.

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