Polish Monastery Attack Suspect Cannot Be Charged Due to Psychosis, Prosecutors Say

The Ukrainian citizen suspected of carrying out a knife attack at a Benedictine monastery in Jarosław, Poland on September 24, 2026, remains in acute psychosis and cannot currently be questioned or have formal charges filed against him, the Przemysl District Prosecutor's Office has confirmed. Spokesperson Malgorzata Taciuk-Kurasiewicz stated that a repeat psychiatric examination is expected in approximately two weeks. Until then, neither an interrogation nor serving the suspect with a formal charge notice is possible. He continues to be in a state of psychosis. Investigative actions with him are still impossible, so the prosecution cannot announce the decision on charges, and cannot question him as a suspect, she said. The man is currently undergoing treatment and pharmacological therapy. Experts have noted a minimal improvement in his condition, but not sufficient to allow participation in investigative procedures. On September 24, a 31-year-old Ukrainian man attacked five people — four men and one woman — on the grounds of the Benedictine Sisters' monastery in Jarosław. A priest died as a result of the attack. The suspect had entered Poland from Germany and was apprehended near the monastery. A court in Jarosław placed the suspect in pre-trial detention on September 26 after prosecutors sought the measure.