Overview
- Police arrested and detained a 31-year-old Ukrainian suspect at the Benedictine convent in Jarosław after a morning knife attack that left one person dead and four seriously injured.
- The assailant reportedly took a kitchen knife from the convent, attacked people in the church and on the grounds, and stabbed a priest in the confessional according to eyewitnesses and prosecutors.
- Authorities said on Thursday that two of the injured remained in life-threatening condition and hospitals continued to treat the victims.
- Prosecutors have opened intensive investigations into the suspect’s actions and state of mind and say there is no immediate evidence linking the attack to the Russia–Ukraine war.
- Local officials, the Ukrainian embassy and church leaders held vigils and urged calm while Polish leaders promised strict legal action and authorities offered psychological support to witnesses.