Priest killed in knife attack at Jarosław Benedictine abbey

About 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 24 September 2026, police in Poland’s Podkarpackie region received a report that a 31-year-old Ukrainian man had attacked people with a knife on the grounds of the Benedictine Sisters’ abbey on Benedyktyńska Street in Jarosław. One priest was killed and four others were injured; police said four men and one woman were stabbed, and TVP World reported that three of the five victims were clergy. Investigators identified the suspect as Ihor M. Prosecutors said he entered Poland from Germany overnight, drove toward the Ukrainian border, did not cross, and took a knife from the monastery kitchen. The motive was not established. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Donald Tusk condemned the attack.

Coordinates are the Nominatim place_of_worship pin for Kościół pw. świętego Mikołaja i świętego Stanisława (Church of St. Nicholas and St. Stanislaus) at the Benedictine abbey in Jarosław (50.0230115, 22.6808346). Knife attack on people; no structural damage. occurredOn is 24 September 2026.