Zelenskyy on fatal attack by Ukrainian at Polish monastery: We are shaken by this evil

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is shocked by the attack committed by a Ukrainian citizen in the Polish city of Jarosław and expects a swift and thorough investigation into the crime.

Source: European Pravda, citing Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Details: The president said a horrific crime had been committed by a Ukrainian citizen at the Benedictine Sisters' Abbey in Jarosław.

Quote: "We are shaken by this evil. According to the information available so far, a Catholic priest was killed and several other people were injured. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. We wish all those injured a speedy recovery."

Zelenskyy emphasised that the perpetrator of this evil must be brought to full justice in accordance with the law.

"We count on a swift and thorough investigation of all the circumstances. It is painful that people are capable of such evil crimes. Justice must be done," he said.

Background:

• On the morning of 24 September, a 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen attacked four men and a woman with a knife at the Jarosław Abbey on Benedyktyńska Street in the Polish city of Jarosław. A priest was killed in the attack.
• The Polish prosecutor's office reported that the Ukrainian entered Poland from Germany on 24 September. He was heading towards the border crossing in Korczowa, but he did not cross the border. The man trespassed onto the monastery grounds and then entered the kitchen area. It was there that he likely encountered the first people who were subsequently attacked.
• The Polish government has vowed that the suspect will be severely punished.
• The Ukrainian embassy expressed confidence that the competent authorities will establish all the circumstances of the tragedy thoroughly and objectively.

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