Irish police said on Friday they were investigating a potential terrorism motive in an attack on a chaplain at an army barracks in County Galway.
Police said the army chaplain was approached by a young person outside Renmore Barracks in western Ireland and was stabbed a number of times Thursday morning. The Catholic priest, who is in his 50s, was rushed to a hospital and was treated for injuries that were serious but not life-threatening.
The Defence Forces said shots were fired by on-duty personnel after the chaplain was attacked, and a male teenager was quickly detained at the scene. The suspect was being questioned in detention at a police station.
Police said 바카라one line of inquiry is to establish if this attack had a terrorism motivation바카라. They added that the incident was not believed to be 바카라part of a wider conspiracy바카라.
바카라News of the assault on a Catholic priest, who is presently serving as chaplain to the Irish Defence Forces in Galway, is deeply shocking and upsetting," said Bishop Michael Duignan in a statement.
Irish premier Simon Harris described the incident as 바카라shocking". Authorities condemned the attack.
