Knife Attack on Pastor at Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg

As reported by City News, a man wielding a knife approached the altar to attack the parish priest who was saying a mass at Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg, Manitoba this past Sunday, February 9.

The man rushed the altar, approaching the priest, who upon seeing the man quickly fled. The man then stabbed his knife into the altar and sat in the pew at the back of the altar.

He was then detained by an off duty RCMP officer who happened to be attending mass that Sunday. The off duty officer also had some help by other church attendees who rushed in to assess the situation. The group of them stayed with the assailant until Winnipeg Police officers came on the scene.

A statement given by Winnipeg Police Constable Stephen Spencer explains that the attack seems random, and that the priest said that he did not recognize the assailant as a regular church-goer of the parish.

No one was hurt in the process, and the attack is deemed as random. The man was taken into custody by the police.