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5 stabbed in attack on Polish Benedictine abbey; 1 priest dies

September 29, 2026

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CWN Editor's Note: A Ukrainian man entered the kitchen of a Polish Benedictine abbey, took a knife, and stabbed five people.

Father Stanislaw Zbojniewicz died in the attack at the abbey in Jaroslaw.

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