Polish Priest Killed, Four Others Stabbed by Ukrainian Refugee in Abbey Attack

Benedictine Abbey in Jaroslaw, Poland – Wiki Commons

Tragedy struck in ‘closed-borders’ Poland.

While the scourge of knife violence is relentlessly plaguing most European countries, in the East, Poland lives a much more peaceful life as a country that fiercely defends its borders against unchecked mass migration.

However, the country did welcome hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the bloody war with Russia.

And today (24), this turned out deadly.

A knife-wielding Ukrainian man attacked clergy ‌and worshippers at a Benedictine abbey in southern Poland, killing a priest and injuring four other people.

Priest killed and four others injured after knifeman’s stabbing spree inside historic Polish churchhttps://t.co/FCWvYdEMHL

— GB News (@GBNEWS) September 24, 2026

Reuters reported:

“The man used a knife he took from a kitchen there to attack one woman and four men, including one priest who was in a confessional, a prosecutor said.

The attack took place at a Benedictine Sisters monastery on the grounds of the abbey ⁠in Jaroslaw, local media reported.

A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested.”

Ukrainian man STABS 5 people at Polish monastery — local police

A priest reportedly KILLED

The attacker entered Benedictine Sisters Monastery in Jaroslaw while mass was underway — The Telegraph citing Radio ESKA pic.twitter.com/IJoT5Yrt59

— RT (@RT_com) September 24, 2026

The motives behind the attack are not clear.

“’We are aware that Father Stanislaw has passed away and ​Father Marek is in serious condition. There are other casualties, but we do not have further details’, Sister ‌Barbara ⁠Dendor told state broadcaster TVP Info.”

Fakt reported (translated from Polish):

“The 31-year-old is a slim, rather tall brunette. When he is led through the hospital corridor by police officers, his hands are bandaged and there are no shoes on his feet. He is in a white T-shirt and blue denim Bermuda shorts. He walks very calmly, he doesn’t break away, he doesn’t protest. His hands are handcuffed in front. After a while, he disappears into the hospital office.

[…] The knife attack in the convent of the Benedictine Sisters took place on Thursday, September 24, before noon. A 31-year-old Ukrainian allegedly attacked three priests and two believers. One of the priests died in the hospital as a result of his injuries, the second is fighting for his life, and the third is slightly injured and was about to leave the hospital.”

Photo circulating online, alleged to be the Ukrainian attacker in Jaroslaw in the hospital

The Telegraph reported:

“Police remain at the scene after responding to the incident at 9.30am on Thursday. Marcin Nazarewicz, the mayor of Jarosław, said the city had activated crisis management.

A Podkarpackie Police force spokesman said: ‘Police officers from Jarosław detained a 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen who stabbed four men and a woman’.

All the injured were taken to the hospital – three of the men with serious injuries. Officers are working at the scene to clarify the exact course and circumstances of the incident.”

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