Disturbed man stabs elderly Vietnamese priest, catechist
Former prisoner arrested by police after victims receive emergency treatment in Binh Dinh province
Updated: April 24, 2021 07:25 AM GMT
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Father John Baptist Tran Quang Truyen is treated in hospital after he was stabbed by a man on April 22. (Photo courtesy of Facebooker Nguyen Ngoc Nam Phong)
An elderly priest and two others from a parish in Vietnam’s Central Highlands have been stabbed by a former prisoner with a history of mental disorders.
Father Thaddeus Vo Xuan Son, a member of Kontum Diocese s communication committee, announced that Father John Baptist Tran Quang Truyen, parish priest of An Khe in Gia Lai province, was severely stabbed in his stomach at his parish house at 11am on April 22 by a local young man.